Inveigle

  • 21inveigle — To inveigle means to lure or entice or lead astray, by false representations or promises, or other deceitful means …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22inveigle — To inveigle means to lure or entice or lead astray, by false representations or promises, or other deceitful means …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23inveigle into — ˌinveigle ˈinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they inveigle into he/she/it inveigles into present participle inveigling into past tens …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24inveigle into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms inveigle into : present tense I/you/we/they inveigle into he/she/it inveigles into present participle inveigling into past tense inveigled into past participle inveigled into formal inveigle someone into… …

    English dictionary

  • 25inveigle someone into — persuade by deception or flattery. → inveigle …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26inveigle — transitive verb (inveigled; inveigling) Etymology: Anglo French enveegler, aveogler, avogler to blind, hoodwink, from avogle, enveugle blind, from Medieval Latin ab oculis, literally, lacking eyes Date: 1539 1. to win over by wiles ; entice 2. to …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27inveigle — verb /ɪnˈveɪ.ɡəl,ɪnˈviː.ɡəl/ a) to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles b) to obtain through guile or cunning …

    Wiktionary

  • 28inveigle — Synonyms and related words: allure, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, blandish, cajole, catch, catch out, coax, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entice, entoil, entrap, enweb, flirt, flirt with, gin, give the come… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29inveigle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lure, attract, ensnare, cajole, persuade, allure, entice. See deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. entice, cajole, ensnare, trick; see coax , influence , tempt , urge 2 . See Synonym Study at tempt …

    English dictionary for students

  • 30inveigle — [15] The French verb aveugler means ‘blind’ (it is a derivative of the adjective aveugle ‘blind’, whose probable source was the medieval Latin phrase ab oculīs ‘without eyes’). It passed into Anglo Norman, with alteration of the prefix, as… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins