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Meanings of beguile in English

Portuguese
encantar
Catalan
encantar

To attract, arouse and hold attention and interest, as by charm or beauty.

      encantar

      Influence by slyness.

            Usage of beguile in English
            1
            And with many other pleasant tales did they beguile the hours away.
            The Story of Siegfried
            2
            There was at first little in the situation to beguile her spirits.
            Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
            3
            In these tones did the magician, bawling for old lamps, beguile Aladdin.
            There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
            4
            I procured some books and music, to beguile the tedious solitary days.
            Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman
            5
            Occasionally a male bird sets himself to beguile the time with song.
            The Confessions of a Beachcomber
            6
            He says I must beguile you to be less formal with us.
            His Grace of Osmonde / Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Lif...
            7
            Having no fellow pupil to beguile me, I was the more industrious.
            Tracks of a Rolling Stone
            8
            I am very glad I can help to beguile them for you.
            Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories
            9
            If not, there are books yonder with which to beguile the time.
            The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
            10
            As they rode back they conversed about lions, to beguile the time.
            The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
            11
            It will not take much room, and may beguile a weary hour.
            The Children of the New Forest
            12
            You even try to beguile your misery with pleasant recollections of Shakespeare.
            Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
            13
            No party had been alluring enough to beguile her from her books.
            Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
            14
            It may not always comfort him, but never ceases to beguile him.
            The new yorker
            15
            This I say lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
            The first New Testament printed in English
            16
            Moreover, did you not lay it upon me to beguile the dolt?
            Judith, a Play in Three Acts; Founded on the Apocryphal Book of ...
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