inveigle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INVE'IGLE, verb transitive To entice; to seduce; to wheedle; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite th' unwary sense--
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