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inveigle

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in⋅vei⋅gle

  [in-vey-guhl, -vee-]
Use inveigle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -gled, -gling.
1. to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually fol. by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
2. to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually fol. by from or away): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
Origin:
1485–95; var. of envegle < AF enveogler, equiv. to en- en- 1 + OF (a)vogler to blind, deriv. of avogle blind < VL *aboculus eyeless, adj. deriv. of phrase *ab oculīs without eyes. See ab-, ocular

Related forms:
in⋅vei⋅gle⋅ment, noun
in⋅vei⋅gler, noun

Synonyms:
1. induce, beguile, persuade. 2. wheedle.
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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. See Synonyms at lure.

  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 loan-translation of Gaulish exsops : exs-, from + ops, eye); see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
in·vei'gle·ment n., in·vei'gler n.
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Word Origin & History

inveigle 
1494, "to blind (someone's) judgment," from M.Fr. aveugler "delude, make blind," from V.L. *aboculus "without sight, blind," from L. ab- "without" + oculus "eye." Loan-transl. of Gk. ap ommaton "without eyes." Meaning "to win over by deceit, seduce" is c.1540.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·vei·gle
Pronunciation: in-'vA-g&l, -'vE-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: in·vei·gled; in·vei·gling
: to lure by false representations or other deceit inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person…shall be punished by imprisonment —U.S. Code>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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