To turn from duty or right; to pervert, seduce.

transitive. To deceive or delude with kindness or kind words; to entice or lead on with delusive expectations; to encourage or confirm in…

To get round with craft, to talk over. Obsolete.

transitive. To blind in mind or judgement; to beguile, deceive, cajole. Obsolete.

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

intransitive. figurative. To succeed in deceiving (a person); to win the confidence of.

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…

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

figurative. transitive. To defraud through glib words. Obsolete. rare.

transitive and intransitive = inveigle, v. (in various senses).

To deceive by flattery, to humbug.

intransitive. To induce (a person) to relax or abandon his or her reluctance, caution, or resistance; to circumvent, get the better of; to win round.

intransitive. colloquial. To get round, circumvent, get the better of, to beguile; to persuade or influence (a person) by flattery.

intransitive. Originally U.S. = to get round —— at phrasal verbs 2.

transitive. To flatter so as to make blind; to blind with flattery.

figurative. (From sense 1, after phrases containing salve, v.2) To soothe, ‘lay flattering unction to’ (irritated feeling, ‘wounded pride’, an…

intransitive. To change from one side or point of view to another (often that of the speaker), esp. as a result of persuasion; to turn (eventually)…

transitive. figurative (English regional (Northamptonshire)). To get the better of (a person). Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To indulge in caresses and fondling endearments. Also formerly transitive, to persuade by endearments or deception.

transitive. To deceive by means of flattery, bluff, etc. Also intransitive: to proceed by so doing.

transitive. To deceive or persuade (a person) with glib or insincere talk. Cf. fanny, n.5 Also in to fanny it out: to talk glibly or persuasively; to…

transitive. To comfort, reassure; to delude. Also with along. colloquial (originally U.S.).

transitive. To try to deceive or mislead (someone), esp. by means of flattery; (also) to tease, make fun of.

figurative. To deceive or win over with plausible words; to kid, to dupe. Also with under. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

(transitive) to do a snow job on (someone).