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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
inveigle
and invite the unwary sense.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inveigle

INVE'IGLE

,
Verb.
T.
To entice; to seduce; to wheedle; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To inveigle and invite th' unwary sense--

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