Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Beguiling.]
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or
impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
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The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii.
13.
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2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
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When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak.
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3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve
the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
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Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.
--W. Irving.
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Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse;
divert; entertain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beguile
v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, hoodwink]
2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's
hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm,
enamor, captivate, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance,
enchant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "beguile":
allure, amuse, bamboozle, beat, becharm, beguile of, betray,
bewitch, bilk, bluff, bunco, burn, cajole, call away, captivate,
carry away, cast a spell, charm, cheat, cheat on, chisel, chouse,
chouse out of, circumvent, cog, cog the dice, con, conjure,
convulse, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delight, delude,
deprive of, detract, detract attention, diddle, distract, divert,
divert the mind, do in, do out of, double-cross, dupe, enchant,
engage, engross, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall,
entice, entrance, euchre, exhilarate, exploit, fascinate, finagle,
finesse, flam, fleece, fleet, flimflam, fob, fool, forestall,
four-flush, fracture one, fudge, gammon, get around, gouge, gull,
gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug,
hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, jockey, juggle, kill, knock dead,
let down, loosen up, lure, maneuver, mesmerize, mislead, mock,
mulct, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach,
pack the deal, pigeon, play, play one false, practice fraud upon,
put something over, raise a laugh, raise a smile, recreate,
refresh, regale, relax, rook, scam, screw, seduce, sell,
sell gold bricks, sell out, shave, shortchange, slay, snow, solace,
spell, spellbind, split, stack the cards, stick, sting,
string along, swindle, take a dive, take in, thimblerig,
throw a fight, tickle, titillate, transport, trick, two-time, vamp,
victimize, wile, witch, wow
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
becharm, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, hoodwink, juggle, trance
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