Beguiled
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beguiled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beguiling}.]
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or
impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
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The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii.
13.
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2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
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When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak.
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3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve
the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
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Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.
--W. Irving.
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Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse;
divert; entertain.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "beguiled":
agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, apish, asinine, astonished,
astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, batty, befooled, besotted,
bewildered, bewitched, brainless, breathless, buffoonish,
captivated, cockeyed, confounded, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft,
dazed, dizzy, doting, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted,
enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated,
fatuitous, fatuous, flabbergasted, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded,
foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, gaping, gauping, gazing, goofy,
gulled, hypnotized, idiotic, imbecile, in awe, in awe of, inane,
inept, infatuated, insane, kooky, loony, lost in wonder, mad,
marveling, maudlin, mesmerized, moronic, nutty, open-eyed,
openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, puzzled, rapt in wonder, sappy,
screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, spellbound, staggered,
staring, stupefied, stupid, surprised, thoughtless, thunderstruck,
under a charm, wacky, wet, wide-eyed, witless, wonder-struck,
wondering
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