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blandisher

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blan⋅dish

  [blan-dish]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole: They blandished the guard into letting them through the gate.
–verb (used without object)
2. to use flattery or cajolery.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME blandisshen < AF, MF blandiss-, long s. of blandir < L blandīrī to soothe, flatter. See bland, -ish 2

Related forms:
blan⋅dish⋅er, noun
blan⋅dish⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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blan·dish   (blān'dĭsh)   
tr.v.   blan·dished, blan·dish·ing, blan·dish·es
To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole.

[Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin blandīrī, from blandus, flattering; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blan'dish·er n., blan'dish·ment n.
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Word Origin & History

blandish 
c.1305, from O.Fr. blandiss- stem of blandir "to flatter," from L. blandiri "flatter," from blandus "mild, smooth" (see bland).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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