inveigle
Meaning
- To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- To obtain through guile or cunning.
- (obsolete) To fool, to delude, to blind in judgement.
- (obsolete) To ensnare, to entangle.
Synonyms
Hyphenated as
in‧vei‧gle
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈveɪɡl̩/
Etymology
Early corruption of French aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from French aveugle (“blind”), from the Old French avugle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be from other a-/en- variations found in Middle English, which were then latinised into in-.
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