Synonyms for inveigle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-vey-guhl, -vee- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪ gəl, -ˈvi- |
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Définition of inveigle
Origin :- late 15c., "to blind (someone's) judgment," alteration of Middle French aveugler "delude, make blind," from Vulgar Latin *aboculus "without sight, blind," from Latin ab- "without" (see ab-) + oculus "eye" (see eye (n.)). Loan-translation of Greek ap ommaton "without eyes." Meaning "to win over by deceit, seduce" is 1530s.
- verb entice, manipulate
- We will inveigle ladies fair, and wed them in our secret cavern.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- He tried to inveigle me also into it, but I remained glum and silent.
- Extract from : « Youth » by Leo Tolstoy
- My plan will be to inveigle him into going over a ferry to "see a man."
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 » by Various
- We must, by some means, inveigle him to a place where you can work your sweet pleasure on him.
- Extract from : « The King of Diamonds » by Louis Tracy
- Am I a Jasper that you seek thus to inveigle me into purchasing a gold-brick?
- Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards
- Why should Ryanne wish to inveigle him into the hands of this man Mahomed?
- Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
- The countess next tried to inveigle the earl into her power.
- Extract from : « Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9) » by Anonymous
- He advises to inveigle; he condoles and sympathizes to ruin.
- Extract from : « Library Notes » by A. P. Russell
- It is excusable to sort of inveigle a sinner into righteous paths.
- Extract from : « Missy » by Dana Gatlin
- Also a few uncommon words, like seignior, inveigle, plebeian.
- Extract from : « The Century Handbook of Writing » by Garland Greever
Antonyms for inveigle
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