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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. influence by slyness;
[syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]

2. attract; cause to be enamored;
- Example: "She captured all the men's hearts"
[syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.] 1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. [1913 Webster] The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. [1913 Webster] Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beguile v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink] 2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

151 Moby Thesaurus words for "beguile": allure, amuse, bamboozle, beat, becharm, beguile of, betray, bewitch, bilk, bluff, bunco, burn, cajole, call away, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, charm, cheat, cheat on, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, circumvent, cog, cog the dice, con, conjure, convulse, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delight, delude, deprive of, detract, detract attention, diddle, distract, divert, divert the mind, do in, do out of, double-cross, dupe, enchant, engage, engross, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, euchre, exhilarate, exploit, fascinate, finagle, finesse, flam, fleece, fleet, flimflam, fob, fool, forestall, four-flush, fracture one, fudge, gammon, get around, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, hypnotize, infatuate, intrigue, jockey, juggle, kill, knock dead, let down, loosen up, lure, maneuver, mesmerize, mislead, mock, mulct, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pack the deal, pigeon, play, play one false, practice fraud upon, put something over, raise a laugh, raise a smile, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, rook, scam, screw, seduce, sell, sell gold bricks, sell out, shave, shortchange, slay, snow, solace, spell, spellbind, split, stack the cards, stick, sting, string along, swindle, take a dive, take in, thimblerig, throw a fight, tickle, titillate, transport, trick, two-time, vamp, victimize, wile, witch, wow