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Definition of Enveigle
1. v. t. To entice. See Inveigle.
Definition of Enveigle
1. Verb. (archaic form of inveigle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enveigle
1. inveigle [v ENVEIGLED, ENVEIGLING, ENVEIGLES] - See also: inveigle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enveigle
Literary usage of Enveigle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1841)
"7 vol. 419, 420 His master compensated. 7 vol. 420 To enveigle, steal or carry
away a slave, or to hire, aid or counsel any person to ..."
2. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"Some of his private letters to which Sainte-Beuve had access show with what icy
egotism he at times attempted to enveigle with promises of a ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To enveigle. See To INVEIGLE. To ENVELOPE, (en-vel'-np) t>. n. To in- wrap ; to
cover; to hide ; to surround; to line ; to cover on the inside. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"... endeavouring to intimidate and browbeat the witnesses, and to enveigle the
prisoner into destructive confessions," Annesley was honourably acquitted, ..."
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