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inveigle

in·vei·gle [ in váyg'l, in vg'l ] (past and past participle in·vei·gled, present participle in·vei·gling, 3rd person present singular in·vei·gles)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. persuade: to charm or entice somebody into doing something that he or she would not otherwise have done
They inveigled me into driving them to school.

2. obtain by persuasion: to obtain something by persuading somebody to give it
She inveigled an introduction to him.

[15th century. < Anglo-Norman envegler, alteration of French aveugler "deprive of sight" < assumed Vulgar Latin aboculus "without an eye" < Latin oculus "eye"]
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