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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Inveigling (0.00980 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Inveigling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inveigle
inveigle
v : influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering;
“He palavered her into going along” [syn:
wheedle,
cajole,
palaver,
blarney,
coax,
sweet-talk]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inveigling
Inveigle
\In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Inveigled; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Inveigling.] [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. [`a], L. ad. See
Ocular.]
To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by
deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce;
to wheedle.
[1913 Webster]
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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