INVEIGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inveigle mean? 

• INVEIGLE (verb)
  The verb INVEIGLE has 1 sense:

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

  Familiarity information: INVEIGLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVEIGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inveigle    ... he / she / it inveigles   
Past simple: inveigled   
Past participle: inveigled   
-ing form: inveigling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; palaver; sweet-talk; wheedle

Context example:

He palavered her into going along

Hypernyms (to "inveigle" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inveigle"):

soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)

browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

 Context examples 

He had led his mother there, step by step, and now when she stopped, he tried to inveigle her farther.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The system of inveigling continues, I believe, to this day.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Though he's lucky if he pulls even on it, or if he can inveigle a publisher to risk bringing it out."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Several times Wolf Larsen tried to inveigle me into discussion, but I gave him short answers and eluded him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I had just finished sweeping the cabin, and had been inveigled by Wolf Larsen into a discussion of Hamlet, his favourite Shakespearian character, when Johansen descended the companion stairs followed by Johnson.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)