inveigle

English - Turkish

Definition of inveigle in English Turkish dictionary: {f} ayartmak; {f} baştan çıkarmak; bağlama çekmek; aldat; kandırmak; kandırma; aldatarak bir kimseye iş yaptırmak; inveiglement aldatma; kandır

English - English

Definition of inveigle in English English dictionary: to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles; to obtain through guile or cunning; To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle; influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"; {f} seduce, entice; If you inveigle someone into doing something, you cleverly persuade them to do it when they do not really want to. She inveigles Paco into a plot to swindle Tania out of her savings. = cajole. inveigle into to persuade someone to do what you want, especially in a dishonest way inveigle sb into doing sth
ınveigle: {v} to seduce, allure, entice, wheedle
inveigled: past of inveigle
inveigles: third-person singular of inveigle
inveigling: present participle of inveigle

inveigle

Hyphenation

in·vei·gle

Synonyms

allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter, cajole, charm, coax, con, decoy, egg on, ensnare, entrap, get around

Antonyms

disenchant, disgust, turn off

Pronunciation

Etymology

() * Early corruption of French aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from aveugle (“blind”), from the Old French avugle (“without eyes”), from Latin ab + oculus (“eye”). The in- might be from other a-/en- variations found in Middle English, which was then latinised into in-.