Posted on 06/23/2017 6:15:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
INVEIGLE
Verb (used with object), inveigled, inveigling.
1. to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
2. to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
Synonyms 1. induce, beguile, persuade. 2. wheedle.
ORIGIN:
1485-95; variant of envegle < Anglo-French enveogler, equivalent to en- en-1+ Old French (a)vogler to blind, derivative of avogle blind < Vulgar Latin *aboculus eyeless, adj. derivative of phrase *ab oculīs without eyes. See ab-, ocular
Related forms:
inveiglement, noun inveigler, noun uninveigled, adjective
Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate.
The Truth is Out There...
Cruz, Lee, Paul, Johnson -
Trump must inveigle their “yea”.
The art of the deal!
It may all be a smoke screen.......Excellent! A+++!.............
They were Beagles.....................
Thanks. Very nice of you to say so.
Well, this is a problem, because while today’s republican leaders “claim” they want to inveagle the flag and the national bird into their political tent, but the Demoncrats, the RINO’s and their GROPE Elites are working very very hard to exveagle them out and away of every part of life.
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