Word of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2011
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inveigle \in-VAY-guhl; -VEE-\, transitive verb:
inveigle \in-VAY-guhl; -VEE-\, transitive verb:
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1. To persuade by ingenuity or flattery; to entice.
1. To persuade by ingenuity or flattery; to entice.
2. To obtain by ingenuity or flattery.
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Once again, the B.O. and his fellow Dems will attempt to inveigle the GOP into acquiescing on the budget; the GOP will once again give up their soul to show to the voters how bipartisan they are, and then the Dems will sucker punch them - again; you would think the GOP would learn!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Deep Blue had tried to inveigle Kasparov into grabbing several pawn offers, but the champion was not fooled.-- Robert Byrne, "Kasparov and Computer Play to a Draw", New York Times, February 14, 1996
Deep Blue had tried to inveigle Kasparov into grabbing several pawn offers, but the champion was not fooled.-- Robert Byrne, "Kasparov and Computer Play to a Draw", New York Times, February 14, 1996
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He used to tell one about Kevin Moran ringing him up pretending to be a French radio journalist and inveigling Cas, new in France, into parlaying his three words of French into an interview.-- Tom Humphries, "Big Cas cameos will be missed", Irish Times, May 4, 2000
He used to tell one about Kevin Moran ringing him up pretending to be a French radio journalist and inveigling Cas, new in France, into parlaying his three words of French into an interview.-- Tom Humphries, "Big Cas cameos will be missed", Irish Times, May 4, 2000
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Once a soft touch for these ragged moralists who inveigled her into sparing them her change, Agnes began to cross the road, begging for some change in her circumstances.-- Rachel Cusk, Saving Agnes
Once a soft touch for these ragged moralists who inveigled her into sparing them her change, Agnes began to cross the road, begging for some change in her circumstances.-- Rachel Cusk, Saving Agnes
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In fact, he spent the entire time in the car park, waiting for eye witnesses from whom to inveigle quotes he could use as his own.-- Matthew Norman, "Diary", The Guardian, January 1, 2003
In fact, he spent the entire time in the car park, waiting for eye witnesses from whom to inveigle quotes he could use as his own.-- Matthew Norman, "Diary", The Guardian, January 1, 2003
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Inveigle comes from Anglo-French enveogler, from Old French aveugler, "to blind, to lead astray as if blind," from aveugle, "blind," from Medieval Latin ab oculis, "without eyes."
Inveigle comes from Anglo-French enveogler, from Old French aveugler, "to blind, to lead astray as if blind," from aveugle, "blind," from Medieval Latin ab oculis, "without eyes."
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