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  • adjective Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.

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  • verb Present participle of beguile.
  • noun A beguilement.
  • adjective That beguiles or beguile.

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  • adjective misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
  • adjective highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

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  • There's something in my eye, a little midge so beguiling

    Sacrificed his life to bring us both eye to eye

    "I heard the Eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear"

    ...You missed my eye, I wonder why I didn't complain

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    (Another sunny day, by Belle and Sebastian)

    April 27, 2008