Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.
- transitive verb To obtain by cajolery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lead astray by making blind to the truth or to consequences; mislead by deception; entice into violation of duty, propriety, or self-interest: now usually with into.
- Synonyms To cajole, beguile, lure, insnare, decoy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
convert ,convince or win over withflattery orwiles - verb transitive to
obtain throughguile orcunning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But it was rough even at the dawn of the new century when the Strokes emerged from the Lower East Side read: Dwight School with their post-punk guitars and biscuit-tin drums to capture a city's insouciant attitude and inveigle the rest of the country with it.
Disco Donors, Punk Pioneers Andy Beta 2011
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Meanwhile, the company dispatched their own PR professionals to the region to deceive and inveigle and obfuscate, all while treating concerned locals to a public face that was a "diversion" by design.
Bob Dudley, BP CEO, Blames Media For Creating "Climate Of Fear" In Gulf The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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By the way, let's check with Hillary whether there's still some way to inveigle Alawi into the top slot.
Michael Brenner: Inside the Oval Office: The Middle East Michael Brenner 2011
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Again and again, by feint of foot and hand and body he continued to inveigle Sandel into leaping back, ducking, or countering.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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By the way, let's check with Hillary whether there's still some way to inveigle Alawi into the top slot.
Michael Brenner: Inside the Oval Office: The Middle East Michael Brenner 2011
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He had led his mother there, step by step, and now when she stopped, he tried to inveigle her farther.
The Bondage 2010
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Several times Wolf Larsen tried to inveigle me into discussion, but
Chapter 9 2010
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Again and again, by feint of foot and hand and body he continued to inveigle Sandel into leaping back, ducking, or countering.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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"Though he's lucky if he pulls even on it, or if he can inveigle a publisher to risk bringing it out."
Chapter 32 2010
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It falls to you, therefore, to inveigle a well-heeled person of your acquaintance into scooping you up and whisking you away.
victoriapl commented on the word inveigle
"Mulder, not everything is a labyrinth of dark conspiracy and not everybody is plotting to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate."
X-files episode "Teliko"
December 3, 2007
blafferty commented on the word inveigle
This word sounds like someone trying to wiggle their way into your pocket.
April 23, 2011
zowie commented on the word inveigle
Loki is a trickster god – an amoral figure who managed to inveigle his way into becoming Odin’s blood brother. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/thor-odin-norse-gods-guide-iceland-temple-vikings-deities
February 22, 2016