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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-gahyl
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgaɪl



Definition of beguile

Origin :
  • early 13c., from be- + guile (v.). Related: Beguiled; beguiling.
  • verb fool
  • verb charm
Example sentences :
  • Let Old Eaton have his way, if thereby they might beguile him into paving theirs.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • In this way we shall have a model of the whole; and with these and similar discourses we will beguile the way.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • All this has served to beguile my heart, and keep it in some degree occupied.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
  • The Circassians also beguile the way on their journeys with riding songs.
  • Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie
  • No party had been alluring enough to beguile her from her books.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • And whither did the example of Dante beguile those who imitated him?
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • Three tiny girls were to be taught “old maid” to beguile the time.
  • Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
  • Paganel tried to beguile the time with his stories, but it was a hopeless case.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • You seem to intimate that I am going about the world trying to beguile every man I see.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • "'On such a night,'" she quotes, with a smile that might beguile a man's soul.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

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