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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wheedle \whee"dle\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wheedled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. wheedling. cf. g. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
   dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, ohg. wadal; akin to g. wehen
   to blow, and e. wind, n.
   1913 webster
   1. to entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
      1913 webster

            the unlucky art of wheedling fools.   --dryden.
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            and wheedle a world that loves him not. --tennyson.
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   2. to grain, or get away, by flattery.
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            a deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
            which i wheedled out of her.          --congreve.
      1913 webster
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