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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: inveigle(0.01052 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to inveigle.
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: Inveigle
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.
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