Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of inveigling; seduction to evil; that which inveigles; enticement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
inveigling , or the state of being inveigled;enticement ;seduction .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They come they bring rain, desire, and inveiglement!
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The Wahhabi inveiglement of the faith with power is not considered by most Muslim scholars to be a legitimate phenomenon.
The Real Islam 2003
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The Wahhabi inveiglement of the faith with power is not considered by most Muslim scholars to be a legitimate phenomenon.
The Real Islam 2003
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"That's a fine stamp of a girl," he cordially remarked as, having at her request pulled the boat to the edge of the stream, she landed and sprang up the bank for ferns; but not by any inveiglement could I induce him to give an opinion of Dawn, which was propitious of her being his real lady.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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To this moment, in fact, he had trouble gaining his own consent to the proposal on his tongue; it seemed so like treachery to the noble woman -- so like a cunning inveiglement to deliver her to Mahommed under the hated compact.
The Prince of India — Volume 02 Lewis Wallace 1866
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Why should you throw away the two thousand pounds (of the non-guinea Murray) upon that cursed piece of treacherous inveiglement?
Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854
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He would treat her with respect as his son's widow, and would try even not to think upon the female inveiglement in which he believed.
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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3Then, over four centuries, I2ve tried to take by force what was rightfully mine, what was seized from me by inveiglement and ambush.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Doc is unwilling to deal with any of Norman’s power-plays, cutting straight through the layers of subterfuge, inveiglement and bull$#!
Thunderbolts #117 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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_pounds_ (of the _non_-guinea Murray) upon that cursed piece of treacherous inveiglement?
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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