beguile

 
Pronunciation: /bɪˈgʌɪl/

verb

[with object]
  • 1charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way: he beguiled the voters with his good looks
  • trick (someone) into doing something: they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty
  • 2 literary help (time) pass pleasantly: to beguile some of the time they went to the cinema

Derivatives

beguilement

noun

beguiler

noun

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'deceive, deprive of by fraud'): from be- 'thoroughly' + obsolete guile 'to deceive' (see guile)