transitive. To soothe (a person); to cajole; to deceive by flattery. In later use simply: to deceive, cheat.

transitive. To beguile, cajole, coax, wheedle; to entice, wheedle into going, to a place. Also, in good sense: To beseech, entreat. Also absol. and in…

To play upon the vanity or impressionableness of (a person); to beguile or persuade with artful blandishments; to coax, wheedle. Const. from, into, to…

transferred and figurative †Formerly often, = to soothe, flatter, ‘tickle’; also, to treat indulgently, cocker, make much of (cf. Latin mulcere)…

To persuade by flattery or gifts; to cajole; to decoy, take in; to bribe. Also with up. (Cf. sweetener, n. 3) Now only slang or dialect.

transitive. To prevail upon or entice (a person) with flattery; to cajole, wheedle. Later also: to tempt sexually; to entice into sexual activity.

transitive. To delight, gratify; to flatter, ‘butter up’; to wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk (into doing something). Occasionally with along, up.

transitive. To wheedle (a person) out of or into a thing, or (a thing) from a person. Obsolete.

transitive. To prevail upon or get one's way with (a person) by delusive flattery, specious promises, or any false means of persuasion. (‘A low…

transitive. To prevail upon or influence by blandishment, to coax. Obsolete.

transitive. To entice or persuade by soft flattering words; to gain over or take in by coaxing or cajolery.

To influence or persuade by caresses, flattery, or blandishment. Johnson says ‘To wheedle, to flatter, to humour: a low word’; cf. quot. 1663.

absol. or intransitive. To use soft flattering words; (of an animal) to fawn; †to wheedle in with, to curry favour with; †to wheedle with = sense 1.

intransitive or absol. To use cajolery. †to cajole with:—sense 1. Cf. persuade with (persuade, v. III.).

transitive. To bring into some place or condition by or as by playing on an instrument in this way; to entice by or as by music; to wheedle, cajole.

transitive. = whillywha, v.

transitive. To take in or persuade by flattery; to wheedle, coax, cajole.

to salve over: to talk over or persuade by smooth speech. colloquial.

transitive. To talk to or behave towards (a person) in a charming, ingratiating, or insincere way, esp. as a means of gaining favour or an…

transitive. To flatter (a person); to praise in an insincere or exaggerated way, esp. in order to cajole or persuade.

transitive. To cajole, flatter, persuade. Cf. smooth-talk, v.