BEGUILED

beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced

(adjective) filled with wonder and delight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

beguiled

simple past tense and past participle of beguile

Source: Wiktionary


BEGUILE

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



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23 April 2025

UNMARRIED

(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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