Definitions of beguile [ɪˈgaɪl]

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Definition of 'beguile'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) beguile
to influence by guile; mislead; delude.

2.  beguile
to take away from by cheating or deceiving (usu. fol. by of):
to be beguiled of money.

3.  beguile
to charm or divert:
attractions to beguile the tourist.

4.  beguile
to pass (time) pleasantly.

Etymology: (1175–1225)

Definition of 'beguile'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) juggle, beguile, hoodwink
influence by slyness

2. (verb) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
attract; cause to be enamored
"She captured all the men's hearts"

Definition of 'beguile'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) beguile
to delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure

2. (verb) beguile
to elude, or evade by craft; to foil

3. (verb) beguile
to cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert

Translation of 'beguile'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to occupy (time) pleasantly He beguiled the time with gardening.
Afrikaans: die tyd verdryf	Arabic: يَتَسَلّى، يُشْغِلُ وَقْت	Bulgarian: прекарвам си времето прия
Brazilian: passar	Czech: krátit si (čas)	German: sich die Zeit vertreiben
Danish: fordrive	Greek: περνώ ευχάριστα την ώρα μ	Spanish: pasar el tiempo de uno (m
Estonian: veetma	Farsi: خود را سرگرم کردن؛ خوش گذ	Finnish: nauttia
French: tromper	Hebrew: לְבָדֵר	Hindi: मनोरंजन करना
Croatian: provoditi vrijeme	Hungarian: kellemesen eltölt	Indonesian: mengisi waktu
Icelandic: drepa tímann, stytta sér	Italian: ingannare, passare	Japanese: まぎらわす
Korean: 즐겁게 보내다	Lithuanian: maloniai leisti laiką	Latvian: pavadīt/ kavēt laiku
Malay: mengisi masa lapang	Dutch: verdrijven	Norwegian: fordrive, korte ned
Polish: mile spędzać czas	Persian: خود را سرگرم کردن؛ خوش گذ	Pashto: ځان مشغولول
Portuguese: passar	Romanian: a face să treacă	Russian: коротать время
Slovak: krátiť si	Slovenian: preganjati (čas)	Serbian: prijatno provesti vreme
Swedish: roa sig med, fördriva tid	Thai: ฆ่าเวลาอย่างเพลิดเพลิน	Turkish: zamanı hoşça geçirmek
Taiwanese: 消磨	Ukrainian: коротати час	Urdu: تفریح کرنا
Vietnamese: làm tiêu khiển	Chinese: 消磨
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