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inveigle
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[ɪnˈviːɡl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
(e.g: we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘beguile, deceive’; formerly also as enveigle): from Anglo-Norman French envegler, alteration of Old French aveugler ‘to blind’, from aveugle ‘blind’
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