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inveigles - 1 dictionary results
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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