Beguile

  • 21beguile — be·guile || bɪ gaɪl v. mislead, deceive; entertain; enchant, charm; entice, persuade …

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  • 22beguile — verb 1》 charm or enchant.     ↘trick into doing something. 2》 literary help (time) pass pleasantly. Derivatives beguilement noun beguiler noun beguiling adjective beguilingly adverb Origin ME: from …

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  • 23beguile — v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, deceive. See befool. 2. Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace, while away …

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  • 24beguile — verb (T) 1 to persuade or trick someone into doing something, especially by saying nice things to them: Carr beguiled the voters with his good looks and grand talk. 2 literary to do something that makes the time pass, especially in an enjoyable… …

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  • 25beguile — verb 1) she was beguiled by his beauty Syn: charm, attract, enchant, entrance, win over, woo, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, dazzle, hypnotize, mesmerize, seduce See note at tempt …

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  • 26beguile — v 1. mislead, delude, dupe, fool, befool; hoodwink, bamboozle, humbug, take in, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes; deceive, cheat, gull, cozen, outwit, circumvent; defraud, fleece, swindle, pluck, rook, mulct, Inf. diddle, Inf. gyp. 2. divert,… …

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  • 27beguile — be·guile …

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  • 28beguile — v.tr. 1 charm; amuse. 2 divert attention pleasantly from (toil etc.). 3 (usu. foll. by of, out of, or into + verbal noun) delude; cheat (beguiled him into paying). Derivatives: beguilement n. beguiler n. beguiling adj. beguilingly adv. Etymology …

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  • 30Beguiled — 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. [1913 Webster] The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii …

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