Word:
Inveigle
Status:
Verb(transitive)
Meaning:
To persuade someone in a clever and deceptive way: to get something in a deceptive way.
Sentences:
1) She inveigled him to write the letter.
2) We inveigled the information from him.
Origin:
Anglo-French evengleer, aveogler meaning 'blind'.
First use:
1539
Synonyms:
woo, persuade
Antonyms:
discourage, dissuade.
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