inveigle

[ in-vey-guhl, -vee- ]

/ ɪnˈveɪ gəl, -ˈvi- /

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verb (used with object), in·vei·gled, in·vei·gling.

to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.

to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.

OTHER WORDS FOR inveigle

1 induce, beguile, persuade.

2 wheedle.

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Origin of inveigle

1485–95; variant of envegle<Anglo-French enveogler, equivalent to en-en-¹ + Old French (a)vogler to blind, derivative of avogle blind <Vulgar Latin *aboculus eyeless, adj. derivative of phrase *ab oculīs without eyes. See ab-, ocular

OTHER WORDS FROM inveigle

in·vei·gle·ment, nounin·vei·gler, nounun·in·vei·gled, adjective

Words nearby inveigle

invasion of privacy, invasive, invected, invective, inveigh, inveigle, invenit, invent, invention, inventive, inventor

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How to use inveigle in a sentence

No, sir; the policy is to inveigle the people of the North into civil war, by masking the design in smooth and ambiguous terms.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Thus the German princess always endeavoured to inveigle the friends of the people.
Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2)|Lady Anne Hamilton
I have spent them in the company of villains, who, for some purpose of their own, are striving to inveigle me in their plots.
Grif|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
If I could only inveigle my tormentors into the trap, they might be caught there longer than they liked.
The Passenger from Calais|Arthur Griffiths

After vainly trying to inveigle Locke into a fault, the government resolved to punish him without one.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for inveigle

inveigle

/ (ɪnˈviːɡəl, -ˈveɪ-) /

verb

(tr; often foll by into or an infinitive) to lead (someone into a situation) or persuade (to do something) by cleverness or trickery; cajoleto inveigle customers into spending more

Derived forms of inveigle

inveiglement, nouninveigler, noun

Word Origin for inveigle

C15: from Old French avogler to blind, deceive, from avogle blind, from Medieval Latin ab oculis without eyes

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