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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.
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1. to entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
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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.
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