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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.
, 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--

Definition 2024


inveigle

inveigle

English

Verb

inveigle (third-person singular simple present inveigles, present participle inveigling, simple past and past participle inveigled)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To obtain through guile or cunning.

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