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Definition of Beguiling

1. Adjective. Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. "A tempting invitation"

2. Adjective. Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods. "Taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"

Definition of Beguiling

1. a. Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting.

Definition of Beguiling

1. Verb. (present participle of beguile) ¹

2. Noun. A beguilement. ¹

3. Adjective. That beguiles or beguile. ¹

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Definition of Beguiling

1. beguile [v] - See also: beguile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beguiling

begrudging begrudgingly begrudgingness begry begs begs off beguile beguiled beguilement beguilements

beguiler beguilers beguiles beguilest beguileth beguiling beguilingly beguilingness beguilings beguilt

beguilted beguilty beguin beguinage beguinages beguine beguines beguins begulf begulfed

Literary usage of Beguiling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Father, wilt Thou be anger'd, if I speak ? Behold how Cypris with a fond caress Beguiling for her minion ..."

2. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"Beguiling. 1. He that seeks to beguile is overtaken in his wile. Belief. 1. Believe no man in his own cause. Dr. Johnson. 2. Believe no woman though she is ..."

3. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"... DISTURBED FROM DIFFERENT QUARTERS—NORFOLK Beguiling CRUMWELL. —GERMAN STATES PARLIAMENT AND ... beguiling ..."

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