Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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seduce

UK /sɪˈdjuːs/ · US /sɪˈd(j)uːs/ verb

Forms seduces seducing seduced

  1. verb (transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
  2. verb (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.
  3. verb (by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with. “He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.”
  4. verb (transitive) To win over or attract. “He was seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the city.”

Synonyms

corrupt lead astray misguide bribe adulterate debauch demoralize detort file immoralize pervert pollute preposterate sophisticate suborn subvert tamper unmoralize vitiate warp score make

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēdūcō (“to lead apart or astray”), from sē- (“aside, away, astray”) + dūcō (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc. and Middle English seduct.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
  2. verb Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.

Etymology [L. seducere, seductum; pref. se- aside + ducere to lead. See Duke.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “seduce”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “seduce” (best matches first).