inveigle
Verb
Verb Forms: inveigled, inveigling, inveigles
- To persuade someone to do something by flattery or deception.
- influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- To obtain through guile or cunning.
- To fool, to delude, to blind in judgement.
- To ensnare, to entangle.
Examples
- He inveigled an introduction to my sister from me.
- She tried to inveigle her friend into trading her Q for a blank, but it was futile.
Origin / Etymology
Early corruption of French aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from French aveugle (“blind”), from the Old French avugle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be from other a-/en- variations found in Middle English, which were then latinised into in-.
Synonyms
blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle, entice, induce, put someone up to something
Scrabble Score: 12
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