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“inveigle”
inveigle (in VAY guhl, in VEE guhl)
1. To charm or to entice someone into doing something that he or she would not otherwise have done.
2. To obtain something by persuading someone to give it.
3. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.
4. To obtain by cajolery: "He inveigled a free pass to the concert."
5. Etymology: from Anglo-Norman envegler, alteration of French aveugler, "deprive of sight" and previously assumed to be from Vulgar Latin aboculus, "without an eye, without sight, blind"; from Latin ab-, "without" + oculus, "eye".
2. To obtain something by persuading someone to give it.
3. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.
4. To obtain by cajolery: "He inveigled a free pass to the concert."
5. Etymology: from Anglo-Norman envegler, alteration of French aveugler, "deprive of sight" and previously assumed to be from Vulgar Latin aboculus, "without an eye, without sight, blind"; from Latin ab-, "without" + oculus, "eye".
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