King James Bible Dictionary

SEDU'CE, v. t. [Latin seduco; se, from, and duco, to lead.]

1. To draw aside or entice from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner, by flattery,

promises, bribes or otherwise; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt; to deprave.

Me the gold of France did not seduce. Shak.

In the latter times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits.

Tim. 4.

2. To entice to a surrender of chastity. He that can seduce a female is base enough to betray her.

SEDU'CEMENT, noun.

1. The act of seducing; seduction.

2. The means employed to seduce; the arts of flattery, falsehood and deception.

SEDU'CER, noun.

1. One that seduces; one that by temptation or arts, entices another to depart from the path of rectitude and duty; pre-eminently, one that by flattery, promises or falsehood, persuades a female to surrender her chastity. The seducer of a female is little less criminal than the murderer.

2. That which leads astray; that which entices to evil.

He whose firm faith no reason could remove,

Will mest before that soft seducer, love. Dryden.