inveigle
verb (used with object)
to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed byinto ).
are inveigling
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present progressiveof inveigle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If such abominable impostors were not rather a subject of indignation, I could smile at the rivalship between them and the animal magnetists, who are inveigling fools into their different pales.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
