Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beguiling \Be*guil"ing\, a. Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. -- Be*guil"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] ||
Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.]
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To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.
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To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.
--W. Irving.Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, present participle adjective from beguile.
Wiktionary
That beguiles or beguile. n. A beguilement. v
(present participle of beguile English)
WordNet
adj. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, enticing, tempting]
misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
Usage examples of "beguiling".
She came into the trees after me, still glittering and beguiling for everything she was worth.
Voluptuous as boiling cloud and as full of pent energies, erotic, beguiling Trandilar.
The realization pleased Gabriel as much for the promise of how easy it would be to outmaneuver her as the possibility that not all of her beguiling innocence was tainted yet.
Even for a mature woman, she had a figure of health and beguiling attractiveness.
He applied his beguiling enticements with the crafty art of a true philanderer and boldly advanced his exploits with unmitigated verve.
It was a lame excuse for giving in to her beguiling manner, but it served Tyrone well enough for the moment.
You were so sweet and beguiling, I never had a chance against your powers of persuasion.
All that was left for her was to lie, inert under the beguiling caress of his mouth and the warm floating movements of his skilled hands over her body.
His soft motions grew longer, deeper, more lavishly beguiling, until she was damp and helpless, no longer struggling against the demands of his lower body, but needing to dissolve into him.
She slid her hand into her valise and drew out the cloth bag that held her collection of shells, putting them one after another onto the dark drape of the cloak that covered her lap so she could touch the beguiling tropical contours.
The heady fluid played beguiling tricks as the air cooled and dried it, leaving a hot, penetrating residue that saturated deeply into her fluttery senses.
Cody forced himself to stand motionless as he contemplated the beguiling but deceitful work of art.
Why should you deny them this opportunity of indulging their twofold organisms, and beguiling the tedium of the voyage, merely because of some erroneous exhibition of fact?
This peace-lulled, beguiling, sea, teeming with myriad forms scintillating on the verge of nothingness--obscure, elusive, yet mighty in their wayward way--soothed with never so gentle, so dulcet a swaying.
While the female sits close, the male perches on top of the nest, occasionally beguiling the time by inconsequent repairs and petty squabbles with next door neighbours.