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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cajole \cajole"\, v. i. imp. p. p. cajoled; p. pr. vb.
n. cajoling. f. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in
a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter,
from the source of of. goale, jaiole, f. ge^ole, dim. of
cage a cage. see cage, jail.
to deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
1913 webster
i am not about to cajole or flatter you into a
reception of my views. --f. w.
robertson.
syn: to flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.
1913 webster
see also:
cajoled cajoling cage jail
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