Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To allure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To lure; to cheat.

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  • verb transitive To lure; allure; cheat; deceive.

Etymologies

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From Middle English beswiken, from Old English beswīcan ("to deceive, seduce, entice"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *swīkanan (“to dodge, swerve, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweig-, *swAig- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”), equivalent to be- +‎ swike (“to deceive”). Cognate with Scots beswik, beswick ("to beguile, deceive"), Dutch bezwijken ("to succumb"), Old High German biswīhhan ("to deceive, seduce, capture"), Icelandic svikja ("to betray").

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  • To lure; to cheat.

    July 30, 2008