Crossword clues for inveigled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inveigle \In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling.] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. [`a], L. ad. See Ocular.] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: inveigle)
Usage examples of "inveigled".
The feral sounds of New Crobuzon at night inveigled their way through his walls.
When next it arrived in the port of Zanzibar Kadem inveigled himself into the confidences of Batula, al-Salil's old lance-bearer.
Kadem boasted of how he had inveigled himself on board the Gift of Allah.
For he was not altogether ignorant of his own ignorance, nor would he without due consideration be inveigled in a controversy, from which he could neither draw back nor extricate himself fairly.
But the vortex of Carthaginian customs (amongst whom these frivolous spectacles are hotly followed) had inveigled him into the madness of the Circensian games.
The delights of the ear had more powerfully inveigled and conquered me, but Thou didst unbind and liberate me.
This new man, Kanda Torin, has inveigled his way into the company and Nangi-san's trust.
He could never be inveigled into personal conversations, try though she might, but now with no angling on her part, he was talking about kissing.
If his nephew had inveigled a place on Team One, there might be reasons not yet known to Todd and Hrriss.
In his coat pocket are the proofs for the next issue of his review, he was on his way to the printer with the proofs, it seems, when some one inveigled him to have a drink.
There, despite himself, he was inveigled into making public his engagement.