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Webster 1913 Edition
Cajole
Ca-jole′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cajoled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cajoling
.] [F.
cajoler
, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale
, jaiole
, F. geôle
, dim. of cage
a cage. See Cage
, Jail
.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
Syn. – To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cajole
CAJOLE
,Verb.
T.