in·vei·gle

(ĭn-vā′gəl, -vē′-)

tr.v. in·vei·gled, in·vei·gling, in·vei·gles

1. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk: He inveigled a friend into becoming his tennis partner.

2. To obtain by cajolery: inveigled a free pass to the museum.

[Middle English envegle, alteration of Old French aveugler, to blind, from aveugle, blind, from Vulgar Latin *aboculus : Latin ab-, away from; see ab-¹ + Latin oculus, eye (probably translation of Gaulish exsops : exs-, from + ops, eye); see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

in·vei′gle·ment n.

in·vei′gler n.

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inveigling

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Tending to seduce:

alluring, bewitching, come-hither, enticing, inviting, luring, seductive, siren, tempting, witching.

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To her was due the inveigling of his mother into making a neighborhood call so that they could have the house to themselves.

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