English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Early corruption of French aveugler (“to blind, to delude”), from aveugle (“blind”), from the Old French avugle (“without eyes”), from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”). The in- might be from other a-/en- variations found in Middle English, which was then latinised into in-.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

inveigle (third-person singular simple present inveigles, present participle inveigling, simple past and past participle inveigled)

Usage notes [ edit ]

Sometimes confused with inveigh.

Translations [ edit ]

convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles Bulgarian: примамвам (bg) ( primamvam ) , съблазнявам (bg) ( sǎblaznjavam )

, Czech: svést (cs)

Finnish: viekoitella (fi) taivutella (fi) houkutella (fi)

Italian: adescare (it) allettare (it) Russian: обольщать (ru) ( obolʹščatʹ )

Scottish Gaelic: meall

Spanish: engatusar (es)