verleiden
Meaning
- (transitive) to tempt
- (transitive) to seduce
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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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