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/icons/point.icon LURE, ENTICE, INVEIGLE, DECOY, TEMPT, SEDUCE mean to lead astray from one's true course.
LURE implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving.
e.g. lured naive investors with get-rich-quick schemes
ENTICE suggests drawing by artful or adroit means.
e.g. advertising designed to entice new customers
INVEIGLE implies enticing by cajoling or flattering.
e.g. fund-raisers inveigling wealthy alumni
DECOY implies a luring into entrapment by artifice.
e.g. attempting to decoy the enemy into an ambush
TEMPT implies the presenting of an attraction so strong that it overcomes the restraints of conscience or better judgment.
e.g. tempted by the offer of money
SEDUCE implies a leading astray by persuasion or false promises.
e.g. seduced by assurances of assistance
verb with object
entice (someone) into sexual activity:
〈人〉を誘惑する, 性的関係に誘い込む
e.g. a lawyer had seduced a female client.
attract (someone) to a belief or into a course of action that is inadvisable or foolhardy:
〖～ A into B〗 A〈人〉をそそのかして［誘惑して］Bさせる(tempt) (!Bは〖動名〗〖名詞〗)
e.g. they should not be seduced into thinking that their success ruled out the possibility of a relapse.
attract powerfully:
〈物･事が〉〈人〉を引きつける, 引き寄せる
e.g. the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones.
DERIVATIVES
seducible |səˈd(y)o͞osəb(ə)l| adjective
ORIGIN
late 15th century (originally in the sense ‘persuade (someone) to abandon their duty’): from Latin seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.