wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; “He palavered her into going along”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coax (third-person singular simple present coaxes, present participle coaxing, simple past and past participle coaxed)
(obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position.
• (to fondle): caress, grope, touch up; see also fondle
• (persuade gradually): cajole, canoodle, persuade, wheedle
• (manipulate carefully into position): ease
coax (plural coaxes)
(obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.
Shortened from coaxial
coax (countable and uncountable, plural coaxes)
Short for coaxial cable.
coax (not comparable)
Clipping of coaxial.
• coxa
Source: Wiktionary
Coax (; 110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coaxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Coaxing.] Etym: [Cf. OE. cokes fool, a person easily imposed upon, W. coeg empty, foolish; F. coquin knave, rogue.]
Definition: To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.
Syn.
– To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice.
Coax, n.
Definition: A simpleton; a dupe. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
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