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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ca·jole       [kuh-johl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -joled, -jol·ing.
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.

[Origin: 1635–45; < F cajoler to cajole or chatter like a jaybird, appar. deriv. of *cajole birdcage (< LL caveola < L cave(a) cage + -ola ole1) + -er inf. suffix]

ca·jole·ment, noun
ca·jol·er, noun
ca·jol·ing·ly, adverb
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ca·jole       (kə-jōl')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ca·joled, ca·jol·ing, ca·joles
To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle.


[French cajoler, possibly blend of Old French cageoler, to chatter like a jay (from geai, jai, jay; see jay2) and Old French gaioler, to lure into a cage (from gaiole, jaiole, cage; see jail).]

ca·jol'er n., ca·jol'er·y (-jō'lə-rē) n., ca·jol'ing·ly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cajole 
1645, from Fr. cajoler, perhaps a blend of M.Fr. cageoler "to chatter like a jay," from gajole, southern dim. of geai "jay," and O.Fr. gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage."

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
cajole

verb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

CAJOLE language
(Chris And John's Own LanguagE) A dataflow language developed by Chris Hankin and John Sharp at Westfield College.
["The Data Flow Programming Language CAJOLE: An Informal Introduction", C.L. Hankin et al, SIGPLAN Notices 16(7):35-44 (Jul 1981)].
(1994-11-08)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cajole

Ca*jole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. --F. W. Robertson.

Syn: To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.

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