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▪ I. blandishing, vbl. n.|ˈblændɪʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Blandishment, flattery.
c1305St. Kath. 165 in E.E.P. (1862) 94 Al þi blandisinge Ne þi tourmentz ne schulle ene fram him myn hurte bringe. a1340Hampole Psalter ii. 3 Dispise we thaire bloundisynges & thaire manaunces. 1485Caxton Curial I b, Fayr langage..or blandysshing of flaterers. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche vi. iii. (T.) Double-hearted friends, whose blandishings Tickle our ears, but sting our bosoms.
▪ II. ˈblandishing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Softly flattering, soothing, coaxing.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. i. 30 Þe see..calme and blaundyshing wiþ smoþe water. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 117/2 The blaundissyng wordes of wymen. 1566J. Studley Seneca's Medea (1581) 135 With countnaunce bright and blandishing. 1840Dickens Humphrey's Clock 48 Would the blandishing enchanter still weave his spells around me. |