Monday, December 20, 2010

beguiling.

beguile |biˈgīl|verb [ trans. ]charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine [as adj. (beguiling) a beguiling smile. See note at tempt .• trick (someone) into doing something they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty.dated help (time) pass pleasantly to beguile some of the time they went to the movie theater.DERIVATIVESbeguilement nounbeguiler nounbeguilingly adverbORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [deceive, deprive of by fraud] ): from be- [thoroughly] obsolete guile [to deceive(see guile ).

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