inveigle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    wheedle; coax; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
    • He palavered her into going along

WordNet

In*vei"gle transitive verb
Etymology
Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See Ocular.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inveigled ; present participle & verbal noun Inveigling
Definitions
  1. To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
    Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.

Webster 1913