BEGUI'LE, verb transitive begi'le. [be and guile.] To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft. The serpent beguiled me and I did eat Genesis 3:13. 1. To elude by craft. When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. 2. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass pleasingly; to amuse; as, to beguile the tedious day with sleep.
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