capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored; “She captured all the men’s hearts”
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
(verb) influence by slyness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beguile (third-person singular simple present beguiles, present participle beguiling, simple past and past participle beguiled)
(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
(transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*guile", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.]
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.] When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. Shak.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. W. Irving.
Syn.
– To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
