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Complete Definition of "beguile"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪl|-aɪl

Verb
en-verb|beguil|ing

  1. transitive To deceive or delude (using guile).
  2. transitive To charm, delight or captivate.
Quotations
RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis 3:13

1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
:I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.

Translations
;charm, delight
German: betören

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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