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seducible, seduceable, a.|sɪˈdjuːsɪb(ə)l, sɪˈdjuːsəb(ə)l|
[f. seduce v. + -ible and -able.]
1. Capable of being seduced or led astray.
α1629H. Burton Truth's Tri. 371 Dis-wont thy selfe with this seducible sense. 1646Hammond Tracts 59 This easie prostitute seducible sinner. 1782J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Rev. Relig. iii. i. (1796) 198 It consisted in his being seducible to evil, though he was inclined only to good. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. x. ii. (1872) III. 231 Friedrich proves little seducible; shows himself laudably indifferent.
β1613–18Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 133 It was a thing vnworthy..to permit a King, who was so lightly seduceable..that he should extort so many pretences. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xix. 385 The vicious examples of Ages past, poison the curiosity of these present, affording a hint of sinne unto seduceable spirits.
2. Capable of being won over or attracted.
1815L. Hunt Notes Feast Poets 53 The flowing versification of Fairfax has even drawn some writers into a love of him, who in other respects were not very seducible by the higher species of poetry. |
