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Definition of Enveigles
1. enveigle [v] - See also: enveigle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enveigles
Literary usage of Enveigles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Political Ethics by Francis Lieber (1838)
"On the contrary, the thug enveigles, and tries with infinite patience to gain
the confidence of the traveller, until at the proper place and time he ..."
2. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1889)
"... who enveigles a Greek slave named Isidore from don Podre. His plan is this :
He gets introduced as a portrait-painter, and thus imparte to Isidore his ..."
3. Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart; and Hieroglyphics of the by Francis Quarles, William Walker Wilkins (1866)
"... or blust'ring Boreas roar An hour's delay is death : • If profit's golden
finger'd charm enveigles, Till eyes or lungs be sore : Let Neptune swell, ..."
4. A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks Upon the by William Beckford (1790)
"There is a great deal of difference between the man who enveigles, and hin> who
fells: the views of the ..."
5. Emblems Divine and Moral by Francis Quarles (1861)
"... Her beck's a strong command : If honour calls us with her courtly breath, An
hour's delay is death : If profit's golden finger'd charm enveigles, ..."
6. Fundamental Principles of Business: Their Application in Practice by Thomas Dunkin Paret (1895)
"The doctor enveigles some chronic sufferer into a course of treatment, and collects
his fee through years of useless experiment, just the same as if he had ..."
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