cajole

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The military is obviously pulling out all the stops to prod, cajole, and intimidate the remaining administration skeptics into surging in Afghanistan.

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  1. transitive verb To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle.

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  1. French cajoler, possibly blend of Old French cageoler, to chatter like a jay (from geai, jai, jay; see jay2) and Old French gaioler, to lure into a cage (from gaiole, jaiole, cage; see jail).

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  1. from French cajoler, coax, wheedle, from Old French cageoler, chatter like a bird in a cage, babble or prate, from cage, a cage: see cage.
 

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/kəˈdʒoʊl/
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