beguile

[beĀ·guile]

To beguile is to entertain and convince by flattery. Someone who beguiles is tricky and often charming, like when a smooth talking friend tries to beguile you into giving them your allowance.

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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

Verb
attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men''s hearts"

Verb
influence by slyness


v. t.
To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

v. t.
To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.

v. t.
To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.


Beguile

Be*guile" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.] 1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.
Syn. -- To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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