To praise or compliment unduly or insincerely. †Const. of. †Also in weaker sense, to gloss over, palliate (faults), speak too leniently to (an…

= flatter, v.2 Obsolete. rare. (Perhaps a corrupt reading; cf. however the similar sense of flicker, v.)

To flatter, treat pleasantly. Obsolete.

transitive. To flatter gently by kind words or affectionate actions, to coax; to act upon with caressing action or complaisant speech; to cajole.

transitive. To soothe, flatter; = blandish, v.

transitive. To flatter, deceive with smooth talk; to coax, wheedle. Rarely const. to. Obsolete exc. archaic.

transitive. In intensive use: = flatter, v.1

figurative. To ‘stroke down’ (a person) with flattery or blandishment. Obsolete.

? To flatter, propitiate.

transitive. To flatter, deceive with flattery.

transitive. To flatter (a person) lavishly and (often) insincerely; to butter up. Obsolete.

transitive. To flatter; to cajole.

transitive. To flatter, compliment unduly. Const. of.

transitive. To flatter or deceive with specious words. Obsolete.

to hold in hals, to flatter, beguile, delude with false professions. Obsolete.

To blandish, cajole, or please (a person) by agreement or assent; to flatter in this way; to humour. Obsolete.

To flatter, encourage.

To use smooth, flattering, or complimentary language to (a person). Obsolete. (Cf. phrasal verbs 1a.)

Similarly with up. Obsolete.

transitive. To flatter with praise or compliments. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To touch, feel; to handle gently; to caress. Also figurative: †to cajole, flatter (obsolete). Also intransitive.

transitive. To render smooth. In quot. 1694 figurative.

figurative. transitive. To flatter or praise (a person), esp. as a means of gaining favour or advantage. Now usually with up.

with flattery or praise. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To praise over-highly, flatter; to cajole. Also (occasionally) intransitive: to wheedle, use flattery. Now rare.

transitive. To assail with blarney, to overcome or beguile with flattery.

transitive. To flatter, to ‘butter’. Also absol. and as soft-sawder v.

transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To flatter, esp. so as to influence or deceive; to treat with undue care or deference. Cf. soft soap, n. 2.

transitive. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English. To flatter or indulge (a person); to make (a person) proud or self-important by flattery or…

transitive. colloquial. Chiefly in form soft-sawder. To flatter; to ingratiate oneself with. Cf. slightly earlier sawder, v. Now rare.

transitive. To blandish, cajole, flatter, etc.

To smear or sweeten with honey, or (figurative) with honied words.

slang. To address with smooth or flattering words; to flatter.

To cover with fulsome flattery.

To wet and befoul with saliva (= to beslaver, v.), or with portions of liquid food escaping from the mouth; to kiss like a drivelling child; hence…

To treat in a wheedling, flattering way.

To flatter. Also const. up.

(transitive) to flatter.

transitive. To address or persuade with bland, specious language. Also, to win (one's way) by smooth-talking.