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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. simple past tense and past participle of inveigle.
Etymologies
- Middle English envegle, alteration of Old French aveugler, to blind, from aveugle, blind, from Vulgar Latin *aboculus : Latin ab-, away from; see ab-1 + Latin oculus, eye (probably loan-translation of Gaulish exsops : exs-, from + ops, eye); see okw- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“You will excuse me, miss, but I never 'inveigled' him, as you say.”
“I did not even know of the break he had inveigled the forty lifers into planning.”
“He also inveigled the father of Tukeliketa into the game.”
“Even then it was hard work, but they kept him befuddled for several days, and finally inveigled him into buying No. 29 for $750.”
“Only hard times had compelled his consent, and, now that she looked back, almost had she inveigled him into consenting.”
“I had just finished sweeping the cabin, and had been inveigled by Wolf”
“And I have never been inveigled into another beer bust.”
“This ruse worked well for some time, but finally the Folk no longer were inveigled into showing themselves.”
“And then she inveigled Sheldon into agreeing that she could take occasional cruises in the islands, though he was adamant when it came to a recruiting trip on Malaita.”
“Quinn had found out where Bergholz lived, then inveigled his outlying neighbors to put up his lawn signs, leading Bergholz to believe that Quinn had far more support than he had.”
Noelle Knight "It had been a very happy day for my grandmother, almost as happy a time as the evening she'd inveigled Bill into speaking at the Descendants meeting." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris Feb 5, 2011
CMJones09 to obtain something by persuading somebody to give it
She inveigled an introduction to my actor friend. Aug 1, 2009