beguile

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To charm, delight or captivate

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.

To deceive or delude (using guile)

I know, sir, I am no flatterer : he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.

{v} to deceive, amuse, cheat, cozen, impose upon
To elude, or evade by craft; to foil
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
Beggary
If someone beguiles you into doing something, they trick you into doing it. He used his newspapers to beguile the readers into buying shares in his company
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert
If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it. I was beguiled by the romance and exotic atmosphere of the souks in Marrakech
One who makes it his business to ask alms
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
influence by slyness
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure
{f} mislead, deceive; entertain; enchant, charm; entice, persuade
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
cheat
beguiled
filled with wonder and delight
beguiled
past of beguile
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{s} mislead, deceived; enchanted
beguilement
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
beguilement
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
beguilement
The characteristic of being beguiled
beguilement
{i} deception; charm; persuasion, enticement
beguilement
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
beguilement
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
beguilement
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
beguilement
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
beguilement
magnetic personal charm
beguilement
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations One who makes it his business to ask alms
beguilement
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
beguilement
Beggary
beguilement
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
beguilement
The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled
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A person who beguiles
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One who, or that which, beguiles
beguiler
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
beguiler
{i} deceiver; charmer; persuader, one who entices
beguiler
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
beguiler
One who makes it his business to ask alms
beguiler
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
beguiler
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
beguiler
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
beguiler
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
beguiler
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
beguiler
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
beguiler
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
beguiler
Beggary
beguiles
third-person singular of beguile
beguiling
misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes" One who makes it his business to ask alms
beguiling
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
beguiling
That beguiles or beguile
beguiling
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
beguiling
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
beguiling
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
beguiling
present participle of beguile
beguiling
Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting
beguiling
A beguilement
beguiling
{s} charming, appealing, alluring; deceiving, misleading
beguiling
Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive. Mombasa is a town with a beguiling Arabic flavour. + beguilingly be·guil·ing·ly He was beguilingly boyish and attractive. attractive and interesting
beguiling
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
beguiling
misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
beguiling
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
beguiling
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
beguiling
Beggary
beguiling
One who makes it his business to ask alms
beguiling
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
beguilingly
In a beguiling manner
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