beguile

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be·guile

(bĭ-gīl′)

tr.v. be·guiled, be·guil·ing, be·guiles

1. To deceive by guile or charm: beguiled unwary investors.

2. To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat: a disease that has beguiled me of strength.

3. To distract the attention of; divert: "to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming" (Abraham Lincoln).

4. To amuse or charm; delight or fascinate. See Synonyms at charm.

5. To pass (time) pleasantly.

[Middle English bigilen : bi-, be- + gilen, to deceive; see guile.]

be·guile′ment n.

be·guil′er n.

be·guil′ing·ly adv.

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beguile

(bɪˈɡaɪl)

vb (tr) , -guiles, -guiling or -guiled

1. to charm; fascinate

2. to delude; influence by slyness

3. (often foll by: of or out of) to deprive (someone) of something by trickery; cheat (someone) of

4. to pass pleasantly; while away

beˈguilement n

beˈguiler n

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be•guile

(bɪˈgaɪl)

v.t. -guiled, -guil•ing.

1. to influence by guile; mislead; delude.

2. to take away from by cheating or deceiving (usu. fol. by of): to be beguiled of money.

3. to charm or divert: attractions to beguile the tourist.

4. to pass (time) pleasantly.

[1175–1225]

be•guile′ment, n.

be•guil′er, n.

be•guil′ing•ly, adv.

beguile

Past participle: beguiled
Gerund: beguiling

Imperative
beguile
beguile

Present
I beguile
you beguile
he/she/it beguiles
we beguile
you beguile
they beguile

Preterite
I beguiled
you beguiled
he/she/it beguiled
we beguiled
you beguiled
they beguiled

Present Continuous
I am beguiling
you are beguiling
he/she/it is beguiling
we are beguiling
you are beguiling
they are beguiling

Present Perfect
I have beguiled
you have beguiled
he/she/it has beguiled
we have beguiled
you have beguiled
they have beguiled

Past Continuous
I was beguiling
you were beguiling
he/she/it was beguiling
we were beguiling
you were beguiling
they were beguiling

Past Perfect
I had beguiled
you had beguiled
he/she/it had beguiled
we had beguiled
you had beguiled
they had beguiled

Future
I will beguile
you will beguile
he/she/it will beguile
we will beguile
you will beguile
they will beguile

Future Perfect
I will have beguiled
you will have beguiled
he/she/it will have beguiled
we will have beguiled
you will have beguiled
they will have beguiled

Future Continuous
I will be beguiling
you will be beguiling
he/she/it will be beguiling
we will be beguiling
you will be beguiling
they will be beguiling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beguiling
you have been beguiling
he/she/it has been beguiling
we have been beguiling
you have been beguiling
they have been beguiling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beguiling
you will have been beguiling
he/she/it will have been beguiling
we will have been beguiling
you will have been beguiling
they will have been beguiling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beguiling
you had been beguiling
he/she/it had been beguiling
we had been beguiling
you had been beguiling
they had been beguiling

Conditional
I would beguile
you would beguile
he/she/it would beguile
we would beguile
you would beguile
they would beguile

Past Conditional
I would have beguiled
you would have beguiled
he/she/it would have beguiled
we would have beguiled
you would have beguiled
they would have beguiled

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Verb	1.	beguile - influence by slyness hoodwink, juggle cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	beguile - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" bewitch, captivate, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, trance, becharm, enchant, capture, fascinate, catch hold - hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" attract, appeal - be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" work - gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds"

beguile

verb

1. charm, please, attract, delight, occupy, cheer, fascinate, entertain, absorb, entrance, win over, amuse, divert, distract, enchant, captivate, solace, allure, bewitch, mesmerize, engross, enrapture, tickle the fancy of His paintings beguiled the Prince of Wales.

2. fool, trick, take in, cheat, con (informal), mislead, impose on, deceive, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, bamboozle, hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), befool He used his newspapers to beguile his readers.
fool alarm, alert, enlighten, put right

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beguile

verb

1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:

betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick.

Informal: bamboozle, have.

Slang: four-flush.

Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

2. To please greatly or irresistibly:

bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, entrance, fascinate.

Translations

يَتَسَلّى، يُشْغِلُ وَقْتَـهُفييُلْهي

krátit siokouzlit

fordrivelokke

betören sich die Zeit vertreiben

tromper

elámítkellemesen eltölt

drepa tímann, stytta sér stundirskemmta

ingannare

kerintislinksmintimaloniai leisti laikąžavėtižaviai

apburtpavadīt/ kavēt laikuvaldzināt

fordrive tida for forlede korte ned lokke

krátiť si

eğlendirmekoyalamakzamanı hoşça geçirmek

使高兴消磨

beguile

[bɪˈgaɪl] VT

1. (= deceive) to beguile sb into doing sth → engatusar a algn para que haga algo

2. (= enchant) → seducir, cautivar

3. (liter) (= pass) [+ time] → pasar (de manera entretenida)

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beguile

[bɪˈgaɪl] vt (= enchant) → captiver
to beguile sb into doing sth → enjôler qn pour qu'il fasse qch

beguile

(= deceive) → betören (geh); to beguile somebody into doing something → jdn dazu verführen, etw zu tun

(= charm) person → betören; (liter) time → sich (dat) → angenehm vertreiben

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beguile

[bɪˈgaɪl] vt (enchant) → incantare

beguile

(biˈgӕil) verb

1. to occupy (time) pleasantly. He beguiled the time with gardening.

2. to charm or amuse (a person). She beguiled the children with stories.

beˈguiling adjective

charming. a beguiling smile.

beˈguilingly adverb

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MY BELOVED MAKAR ALEXIEVITCH,--So eager am I to do something that will please and divert you in return for your care, for your ceaseless efforts on my behalf--in short, for your love for me-- that I have decided to beguile a leisure hour for you by delving into my locker, and extracting thence the manuscript which I send you herewith.

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`For gifts beguile men's minds and their deeds as well.' (1)

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"To tell the truth, I'm well informed Yon match it is a wile; The Sheriff, I know, devises this Us archers to beguile."

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When I thought of that I sat stiller than ever, hardly daring to turn over the pages of Apuleius, which I had taken from my knapsack to beguile the time, and, I confess, to give my eyes some other occupation than the dangerous one of gazing upon her face, dangerous in more ways than one, but particularly dangerous at the moment, because, as everybody knows, a steady gaze on a sleeping face is apt to awake the sleeper.

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She kept on beside the shaggy man, who whistled cheerful tunes to beguile the journey, until by and by they followed a turn in the road and saw before them a big chestnut tree making a shady spot over the highway.

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Often when she woke Jo found Beth reading in her well-worn little book, heard her singing softly, to beguile the sleepless night, or saw her lean her face upon her hands, while slow tears dropped through the transparent fingers, and Jo would lie watching her with thoughts too deep for tears, feeling that Beth, in her simple, unselfish way, was trying to wean herself from the dear old life, and fit herself for the life to come, by sacred words of comfort, quiet prayers, and the music she loved so well.