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Webster 1913 Edition
Inveigle
In-vei′gle
,Verb.
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. à
, 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.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To
To
inveigle
and invite the unwary sense. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inveigle
INVE'IGLE
,Verb.
T.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To inveigle and invite th' unwary sense--
Definition 2024
inveigle
inveigle
English
Verb
inveigle (third-person singular simple present inveigles, present participle inveigling, simple past and past participle inveigled)
- (transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XVIII, page 218:
- Say he's been misguided by the rebels, and how they've inveigled him, till he's turned rebel himself; and how he's now out with Marion's men, in Major Singleton's squad.
-
- (transitive) To obtain through guile or cunning.
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with inveigh.
Synonyms
- (convert, convince, or win over): entice, induce, put someone up to something
Translations
convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles
obtain through guile or cunning
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