beguile

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_Weise_, beguile, attract.

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  1. transitive verb To deceive by guile; delude. See Synonyms at deceive.
  2. transitive verb To take away from by or as if by guile; cheat: a disease that has beguiled me of strength.
  3. transitive verb To distract the attention of; divert: "to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming” (Abraham Lincoln).

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beguile:   beguiling ·  beguiled
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  1. Middle English bigilen : bi-, be- + gilen, to deceive; see guile.

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  1. from Middle English begilen, begylen (= Middle Dutch beghijlen), from be- + gilen, gylen, guile, deceive: see be- and guile.
 

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/bəˈgaɪl/
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