See beguile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:",
"text": "And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.",
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"ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 102:",
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"text": "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston\nI feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."
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"ref": "1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 213:",
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"ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 241:",
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"ref": "1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:",
"text": "And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.",
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"text": "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston\nI feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."
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"ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 241:",
"text": "They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "欺瞒"
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"word": "misleiden"
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "bedriegen"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "peibutama"
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "duper"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "tromper"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "induire en erreur"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "irreleiten"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "irreführen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "in die Irre führen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paraplanó",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "παραπλανώ"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exapató",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "εξαπατώ"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "ingannare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "turlupinare"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "decipio"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zalaže",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "залаже"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "whakakonuka"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "whakatūaho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "enganar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "înșela"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "ademeni"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "amăgi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obmányvatʹ",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "обма́нывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "obmanútʹ",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
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"word": "обману́ть"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "engañar"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "kanına girmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "yoldan çıkarmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "ayartmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "baştan çıkarmak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obmánjuvaty",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "обма́нювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmánjuvaty",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "підма́нювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obdurýty",
"sense": "to deceive or delude (using guile)",
"word": "обдури́ти"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "captivar"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mírén",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "迷人"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "verrukken"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "vervoeren"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "meeldivalt mööda saatma"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "hurmata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "viekoitella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "exalter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "emporter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "ravir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "betören"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "verführen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diaskedázo",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "διασκεδάζω"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kēléō",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "κηλέω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "incantare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "distogliere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "sedurre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "adulare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "lusingare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "ātahu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "kohinu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "entreter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "distrair"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "encantar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "încânta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "captiva"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "fermeca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "očaróvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "очаро́вывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "očarovátʹ",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "очарова́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "encanto engañador"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
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"word": "encanto secretivo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
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"word": "encanto oculto"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "cautivar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "ayartmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryčaróvuvaty",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "причаро́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prynádžuvaty",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "прина́джувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "začaróvuvaty",
"sense": "to charm, delight, or captivate",
"word": "зачаро́вувати"
}
],
"word": "beguile"
}
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