beguile
verb (used with object)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
unbeguiled
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a word derived from
beguile.
Example Sentences
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A sweet pale child— Wearily looking to the purple West— Waiting the great For-ever That suddenly shall sever The cruel chains that hold her from her rest— By earth-joys unbeguiled.
From Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll
She comes—in Nature's tenderest, fondest name— Daughter of God—'tis she—the same—the same Mine is she too—my own—my latest child, Myself, wrapt in Divinity, yet unbeguiled!
From Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott by Louisa May Alcott
Chat on, sweet Maid, and rescue from annoy Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled.
From The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll
Chat on, sweet maid, and rescue from annoy, Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled; Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy, The heart-love of a child!
From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Belle Moses
I love to gaze upon a child; A young bud bursting into blossom; Artless, as Eve yet unbeguiled, And agile as a young opossum: And such was he.
From Verses and Translations by Charles Stuart Calverley
