inveigle
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inveigle
- /ɪnˈveɪɡl̩/ UK
- /-ˈviː-/ UK
- /ɪnˈveɪɡəl/ US
- /-ˈvi-/ US
Rhymes with -eɪɡəl, -iːɡəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enveugler, alteration of aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from Old French avogle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be by analogy to variation between a- and en- in other French words, which was then latinised into in-.
For the pronunciation with /iː/, compare the development of people; that with /eɪ/ is presumably a spelling pronunciation.
verb inveigles · inveigling · inveigled · enveigle · inveagle
- To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles. And he that could with giftes and promiſes, / Inueigle him that lead a thouſand horſe, / And make him falſe his faith vnto his King, / Will quickly win ſuch as be like himſelfe.
- To obtain through guile or cunning. He inveigled an introduction to my sister from me.
- To fool, to delude, to blind in judgement.
- To ensnare, to entangle. I cannot say he behaved insolently or anything like that; on the contrary, he displayed, as a small sideshow in the theatricals I had been inveigled in, a discreet old-world civility, punctuating his movements with all sorts of mispronounced apologies ( j'ai demande pardonne - excuse me - est-ce que
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Talk about this word "inveigle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/inveigle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. inveigle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/inveigle "inveigle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/inveigle.Cite this
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title = {inveigle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inveigle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
