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Beguile

//bɪˈɡaɪl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deceive or delude (using guile). transitive

    "And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth."

  2. 2
    attract; cause to be enamored wordnet
  3. 3
    To charm, delight or captivate. transitive

    "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."

  4. 4
    influence by slyness wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion. transitive

    "We beguiled the hours away."

Etymology

From Middle English begilen, begylen; equivalent to be- + guile. Compare Middle Dutch begilen (“to beguile”). Doublet of bewile.

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