inveigle.txt

inveigle | inˈvāɡəl |
verb [with object and adverbial]
persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery: we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper.
• (inveigle oneself or one's way into) gain entrance to (a place) by persuading (someone) with deception or flattery.
DERIVATIVES
inveiglement | inˈvāɡəlmənt | noun
ORIGIN
late 15th century (in the sense ‘beguile, deceive’; formerly also as enveigle): from Anglo-Norman French envegler, alteration of Old French aveugler ‘to blind’, from aveugle ‘blind’.