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in⋅vei⋅gle

   [in-vey-guhl, -vee-]
–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
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in·vei·gle     (ĭn-vā'gəl, -vē'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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 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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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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inveigle

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

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Inveigle

En*vei"gle\, v. t. To entice. See Inveigle.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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