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Definition of inveigle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inveigle

verb
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡl/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡl/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inveigle
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡl/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡl/
he / she / it inveigles
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡlz/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡlz/
past simple inveigled
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡld/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡld/
past participle inveigled
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡld/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡld/
-ing form inveigling
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡlɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈveɪɡlɪŋ/
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  1. inveigle somebody/yourself (into something/into doing something) to achieve control over somebody in a clever and dishonest way, especially so that they will do what you want
    • He inveigled himself into her affections (= dishonestly made her love him).
    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘beguile, deceive’; formerly also as enveigle): from Anglo-Norman French envegler, alteration of Old French aveugler ‘to blind’, from aveugle ‘blind’.
See inveigle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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