单词 | seducing |
释义 | seducingn. The action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun] perversiona1450 overthwarting1552 seducing1561 seducement1586 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > enticement or seduction temptation1340 seduction1526 seducing1561 inveiglingc1572 seducement1586 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > leading astray seducing1561 seducement1586 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips ii. 17 They flie the seducing of Antichriste, abide in the faith of Christ. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 122 This is a..Conspiracy unlawfull, as being a fraudulent seducing of the Assembly. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. i. xxvii. 192 They made him [the Pope] a kind of God; to the seducing of the Subject, and bringing the People into Error. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). seducingadj. That seduces. 1. a. Tempting to evil. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [adjective] pervertinga1450 seducing?1574 debauching1645 lenocinant1664 perversive1753 denaturalizing1820 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] > making corrupting1509 poisonful1520 infectivea1522 poisonous1555 infectious1574 seducing?1574 corruptful1596 depraving1606 corruptive1609 leavenous1649 poisonala1660 depravative1682 demoralizing1794 blotching1865 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > seducing inveiglingc1572 seducing?1574 sireneal1592 sirenian1600 inveigleda1610 lenocinant1664 ?1574 tr. H. Niclaes Exhortatio (rev. ed.) xvi. §14. f. 42v Therfore cannot the Man..occupie or vse any-maner of Freedoms that are falser, wickeder, absurder, seducinger, arroganter nor horribler, against God..then this: &c. 1608 Conversion Noble Lady of Fraunce Ded. To those misled Ladies..of England, whome Seducing Seminaries..haue too much preuailed withall. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Tim. iv. 1 Giuing heed to seducing spirits [Gk. πνεύμασι πλάνοις] . View more context for this quotation 1638 E. Norice New Gospel 1 Such a seducing Impostor and cunning Deceiver. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 6 They may..be mov'd with detestation of their seducing malice. 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 122 Impudently prostituting thy self to the lust of seducing Strangers. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 72 Regarding the imperfect recollection he had..as the mere suggestion of a deluded imagination, if not actually presented by some seducing spirit. b. (See quot. 1780.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > leading astray debauching1645 seducing1780 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xi. §29 When the act which a motive prompts a man to engage in is of a mischievous nature it may for distinction's sake be termed a seducing or corrupting motive. 2. Alluring, attractive, ‘bewitching’. Cf. French séduisant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] gracious1340 glorious skinnyc1400 drawing1435 gracefulc1449 attrayant1477 well-favoured1539 alluring1567 graceda1586 attracting1589 attractive1592 winning1596 appealing1598 taking1603 allicient1613 enchantinga1616 motive1615 temptinga1616 allurant1631 catchinga1640 gaining1642 canny1643 charmful1656 charming1664 mignon1671 disarminga1718 prepossessing1737 seducing1749 seductive176. eye-catching1770 sweet1779 catchy1784 attaching1785 engaging1816 cute1834 cunning1843 taky1854 cynosural1855 smart1860 fetching1880 seductious1883 fruity1900 barry1923 hot stuff1928 swoony1934 dishy1961 dolly1964 jiggy1996 aegyo2007 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1414 Take great care that the first impressions you give of yourself may be not only favourable, but pleasing, engaging, nay, seducing. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 9 I shall leave to a future opportunity the consideration of this seducing but erroneous principle. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 216 Well, it is very seducing to be pitied after all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1561adj.?1574 |
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