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seductive, a.|sɪˈdʌktɪv|
[f. L. type seductīv-us, f. sēduct-, ppl. stem of sēdūcĕre: see seduce and -ive.]
†1. Tending to seduce or lead astray; that leads to error. Obs.
1782J. Brown Compend. View Nat. Rev. Relig. iv. i. (1796) 249 If Christ be not the Most High God, the language of scripture is most obscure, seductive, impious, and absurd.
2. Alluring, enticing, winning.
176.Langhorne Fables of Flora i. Sun-flower & Ivy x, Go, splendid sycophant! no more Display thy soft seductive arts! 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 19 One of the most seductive arguments of infidelity.., asserting the lawfulness of deceit for a good purpose. 1856W. A. Butler Serm. Ser. ii. xxiv. 348 Every seductive companion who would blind your eyes to this awful fact, is but the active minister of Satan. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 745 The seductive charms of poetry. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. i. iii. 114 The seductive pleasures of opium-eating. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 430 His manners in private life were eminently seductive and insinuating. 1908Outlook 26 Sept. 395/2 It owes something of its beauty to the seductive setting of an autumn morning. |