Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-GUILE', v.t. [begi'le; be and guile.]

1. To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. – Gen. iii.
2. To elude by craft. When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. – Shak.
3. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass pleasingly; to amuse; as, to beguile the tedious day with sleep. – Shak.