verleiden

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to tempt
  2. (transitive) to seduce

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈlɛidə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch verleiden, verlêden, from Old Dutch *farleiden, *farlēden, from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan. Equivalent to ver- + leiden. Cognate with Old Saxon farlēdian, English forlead, German verleiten.

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