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Another word for beguile

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Verb

  1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation

    Idioms:
    See also:

    honest

  2. To please greatly or irresistibly

    See also:

    like

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Another word for beguile

Verb

  1. To deceive

    See also:

    tempt

    deceive

  2. To charm

    See also:

    tempt

    deceive

    amuse

    fascinate

    entertain

    amuse

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Sentence Examples

  • They frequently beguile their toil with carols.

  • Grocery stores and restaurants use coupons to beguile customers into buying more than they intended.

  • Justin used cunning methods to beguile his twin sister into doing his homework as well as her own.

  • Take caution, or he might beguile you back into that harmful relationship.

  • Pretending to be in search of illegal substances for personal use, the undercover officer hoped to beguile the drug dealers into revealing their source.

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