Definition for IN-VEI'GLE

IN-VEI'GLE, v.t. [Norm. enveogler, to inveigle, to blind; Fr. aveugler. Qu. G. aufwiegeln, to stir up or rouse; Sw. upwigla, the same. The affinities of this word are obscure.]

To entice; to seduce; to wheedle; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells / To inveigle and invite th' unwary sense. Milton.

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