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▪ I. cajoling, vbl. n.|kəˈdʒəʊlɪŋ|
[f. cajole v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb cajole.
a1745Swift Wks. (1841) II. 29 Fawning and cajoling will have but little effect. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. iii. 149 He tried cajoling, threats, and appeals to chivalrous feeling.
▪ II. caˈjoling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cajoles; deceitfully persuasive.
1715Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 518 The king writ him a cajoling letter. c1746Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (1818) 214 Vain images, and cajoling temptations. 1820Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 6 To assume a cajoling tone. |