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INVEIGLE
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
Etymology
Verb
inveigle (third-person singular simple present inveigles, present participle inveigling, simple past and past participle inveigled)
(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
Synonyms: entice, induce, put someone up to something
(transitive) To obtain through guile or cunning.
Usage notes
• Sometimes confused with inveigh.
Source: Wiktionary
In*vei"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See Ocular.]
Definition: To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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