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seduction (s.xii3/4)

seduction (s.xii3/4)

seducciun,  seducion,  seductiun  
  FEW:  subducere 12,331b Gdf: GdfC:  seduction 10,649c TL: seduccion 9,320 DEAF:  souduire (souduison)  DMF:  séduction  TLF:  séduction  OED:  seduction n.  MED:  seducioun n.  DMLBS:  seductio 3005c

For the correlation with suductiun, see the commentary of seduire.

s.

(act of) deception, misleading
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) La dame lieve sus, vient a Nectanabon, De quanque fist ou vit dit sa entencion Tuit si cum nen seust cel[e] seducion  Rom Chev ANTS 278
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Tyebaut [...], un des plus haux barons, Mout avoit par la terre chasteux et fors mesons, Asez sout de paroles et de seductions  Rom de Rou wace i 33.530
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 ) O! vus, gens si trefeluns, Si pleins de seductiuns  Enfances 1450
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm ) Si le fist Ysaac, qi fu fleble hom: Doner volt Esau sa benesçun, Mes Jacob luy tolli par seducciun  Genèse 704

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See also:

seduire  seduitor  suduction 
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seduction