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inveigle(dictionary)

polycrase (iou) and inveigle (iou)


polycrase (iou)



polycrase noun. M19.
[from POLY- + Greek krasis mixture.]
Mineralogy. An orthorhombic niobate, tantalate, and titanate of uranium, calcium, yttrium, and Other elements, usu. occurring as shiny black prisms.

inveigle (iou)



inveigle verb trans. Also enveigle. L15.
[Anglo-Norman envegler alt. (cf. ENSAMPLE noun) of Old & mod. French aveugler to blind, from aveugle blind, prob. from Proto-Romance. Cf. VEIGLE.]
Beguile, deceive. L15-E18.
a. Win over or captivate by deceitful allurement; entice, seduce. M16.
R. Hayman He blamed his son for inveigling him into the investment.
J. L. Motley An organized system of harlotry, by which the soldiers and politicians of France were inveigled.
b. Entrap, ensnare, entangle. M16-E18.
c. Guilefully draw (a person), into, to, from, etc., an action, conduct, a place, etc. M16.
inveiglement noun M16.
inveigler noun M16.