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   inveigle

   /ɪnˈveɪɡl/

   verb

   • 1. persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery: "we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper"
   • ▪ gain entrance to (a place) by using deception or flattery: "Jones had inveigled himself into her house"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘beguile, deceive’; formerly also as enveigle): from Anglo-Norman French envegler, alteration of Old French aveugler ‘to blind’, from aveugle ‘blind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inveiglement noun

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