Beguile

Definitions: Beguile

Beguile

Verb

1. Influence by slyness.

2. Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts".

Date "beguile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Beguile \Be*guile"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Beguiled; present participle verb or noun Beguiling.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Beguile

Synonyms: becharm (v), bewitch (v), captivate (v), capture (v), catch (v), charm (v), enamor (v), enamour (v), enchant (v), entrance (v), fascinate (v), hoodwink (v), juggle (v), trance (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	While away the time, beguile the time; kill time, dally.
Content	Render content; Adjective: set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify.
Deception	Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble.
Error	Cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform; (misteach); delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive; lie.
Inaction	Cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; let the grass grow under one's feet; waste time; (inactive).
Motive	Phrase: fax mentis incendium gloriae; "temptation hath a music for all ears" "to beguile many and be beguiled by one".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Beguile

English words defined with "beguile": Assot ♦ Partenope. (references)

Specialty definitions using "beguile": Feramorz, Fulhams ♦ Gourds ♦ Screw Plot. (references)

"Beguile" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Beguile" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	83.33%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (base form)	16.67%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	18	N/A

Expressions using "beguile": beguile smb. into doing smth. ♦ beguile smb. out of smth. ♦ beguile the time ♦ beguile the time doing smth.. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "beguile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, hose, impose, jockey, juggle, lead on, mislead, mump, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), kaloj (alternate, come by, come round, cross, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go off, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, skip, slip by, slip past, span, spend, strain, take across, track, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), gënjej (bamboozle, cheat, deceive, defraud, fib, frig, gull, lie, string along with, tell fibs, tell lies), argëtoj (amuse, divert, entertain, recreate, regale). (various references)

Arabic		‏سلى (amuse, console, divert, entertain, solace), ‏سلبه مال, ‏ضلل (astrict, betray, deceive, delude, inveigle, misguide, mislead), ‏خدع (bamboozle, betray, bilk, bitch, bite, blind, bluff, brown, bubble, camouflage, catch, cheat, chisel, con, crook, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, diddle, do, dupe, entrap, fall for, feint, fiddle, fob, fool, fox, get round, give the lie to, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, illusory, impose, intrigue, jape, job, leg pull, lure, mislead, mock, mystify, nick, overreach, pitch, play a trick, pose, prank, pull a fast one, pull his leg, ream, rook, sell, settle his hash, skin, skunk, slang, stick, string along, swank, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, victimize, wile), ‏ألهى (amuse, distract, divert), ‏أزجى. (various references)

Bulgarian		измамвам (abuse, befool, catch, chisel, chouse, clip, cross, dash, defraud, diddle, fix, flam, fob, fool, gaff, go back on, green, gull, hijack, kid, mislead, mock, nobble, overreach, play false, pluck, prey, pull a fast one, put across, put on, screw, sell, shaft, short-change, slip over, spoof, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, trim). (various references)

Chinese		魆 (suddenly), 謆 (cajole), 欺诈 (beguiled, Beguiling, cheat, Cheated, Cheating, Defraud, Defrauded, Defrauding). (various references)

Czech		vymámit (cajole, extract, milk), okouzlit (bewitch, charm, enamor, enamour, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, fascinate, glamorize, spell, spellbind, transport), obalamutit (con, inveigle), ošidit (cheat, con, defraud, diddle, pigeon, swindle, trick), nalákat, krátit si. (various references)

Farsi		فریب خوردن , گول زدن (Bamboozle, Cajole, Cheat, Con, Deceive, Defraud, Doodle, Dupe, Entrap, Fool, Gaff, Gouge, Gull, Gum, Gyp, Hoax, Hustle, Jockey, Outwit, Rogue, Swindle, Wheedle), اغفال کردن (Blind, Deceive, Delude, Entrap, Hoodwink). (various references)

French		tromper (be unfaithful, be unfaithful to, betray), subjuguer, séduire, piller, duper, distraire. (various references)

German		betören (bewitch, infatuate, to infatuate), umgaukeln (ensnare, flutter around), angenehm vertreiben. (various references)

Greek		γοητεύω (bedevil, bewitch, charm, enchant, enrapture, enthral, fascinate, hex, mesmerize, ravish, spell, witch), παραπλανώ (misguide, mislead), εξαπατώ (bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, fake out, gull, pup, swindle, thimblering, to defraud, victimize), διασκεδάζω (amuse, disport, enjoy, entertain, frolic, gallivant, have fun, I enjoy myself, jollify, junket, recreate, revel, skylark, sport). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ו� ות (cheat, deceive, defraud, fraud, sting, swindle), ל�"שלות (delude). (various references)

Hungarian		rászed (bamboozle, bluff, cheat, circumvent, deceive, diddle, dupe, gull, have the bulge on sy, hoax, hoodwink, play false, swindle, take in, to abuse, to bamboozle, to bilk, to bluff, to cheat, to circumvent, to con, to cozen, to dupe, to finagle, to get the bulge on sy, to gull, to hoax, to hocus, to hocus-pocus, to hoodwink, to humbug, to jink, to let in, to pole, to put off, to scam, to shaft, to shuck, to suck sy in, to swindle, to trick, to victimize, Welch), kellemesen eltölt (to beguile), elcsábít (misguide, seduce, to debauch, to defile, to ensnare, to entice, to get inside sy's pants, to get into sy's pants, to seduce, to snag). (various references)

Indonesian		mempercayai (beguiling, trust). (various references)

Italian		ingannare (abuse, bamboozle, be mistaken, be wrong, bluff, cheat, cod, deceive, delude, do, dupe, fool, Fox, gull, hoax, hocus, hoodwink, impose, kid, lie, mislead, stall, swindle, trick, trickery, victimise, victimize), illudere (deceive, deceive oneself, delude, delude oneself, play along). (various references)

Manx		molley (baffle, bafflement, bluff, cajole, captivate, cheering, deceit, deceive, deception, disappoint, disappointment, foil, fool, impose, imposition, trick), breigey (allure, blandish, cajole, cajolery, coax, decoy, entice, enticement, inveigle, inveiglement, lure, persuade, seduce, seduction, wheedle). (various references)

Pig Latin		eguilebay

Portuguese		seduzir (allure, attract, bait, betray, debauch, decoy, drain-ditch, drive, enchanter, entice, enticement, enticing, gullet, inveigle, lure, ruin, seduce, spell, tempt, trepan, vamp, wile), iludir (avoid, baffle, bluff, bypass, catch, cheat, deceive, delude, dodger, double cross, elude, ensoul, evade taxes, hocus pocus, humbug, impose, lie, mystify, outwit, sklent, trick, wile), enganar (abuse, avoid, bamboozle, befool, belie, blind, bluff, cheat, chisel, chouse, cod, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, double, double cross, duck, dupe, err, fake, falsity, finger, flimflam, fob, foist, fool, Fox, gag, gammon, gouge, green, gull, gyp, ha, have nothing to do, hocus, hocus pocus, hoodwink, hum, humbug, impose, inveigle, jink, jockey, juggle, lace, lie, lurch, misleading, mock turtle soup, mystify, out-jockey, overreach, palm, rip off, skin, sklent, spoof, take in, trepan, trick, victimize, wangle, wile), divertir (amuse, amusing, disport oneself, divert, entertain, exhilarate, jollify, Kittle, recreate, tickle). (various references)

Romanian		omorî timpul (while), înşela (abuse, bamboozle, betray, bluff, cheat, chouse, circumvent, cog, con, cozen, cuckold, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disappoint, do, do brown, do something crooked, double cross, dupe, fiddle, frustrate, gag, get round, gull, hocus, hoodwink, humbug, impose, jockey, juggle, mock, mystify, nobble, out-jockey, pigeon, queer, ramp, rook, sharp, shuffle, swindle, trick, victimize). (various references)

Russian		обманывать (befool, bilk, cheat, deceive, deceiving, defraud, delude, disappoint, do, double cross, flimflam, fob, fool into thinking, gag, gull, hocus, hoodwink, impose, jockey, juggle, kid, mump, practise deceit, practise deception, prey, pull a fast one, swindle, victimize). (various references)

Scottish		meall (a lump, cheat, deceive, defraud, disappoint, entice, lump, mass, mound). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		razonoditi (divert), prevariti (bamboozle, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, chouse, circumvent, con, deceive, diddle, double cross, flimflam, fool, get round, gyp, hoodwink, mulct, rook, rope, rope in, screw, set up, skunk, stick, string along, take in, trick, victimize). (various references)

Spanish		engañar (bamboozle, be deceptive, befool, belie, betray, bilk, bite, bluff, buffalo, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do a room, double cross, dupe, fob, fool, hoax, hocus, hoodwink, kill, mislead, mystify, outsmart, pull a fast one, put across, put off, put over, put upon, spoof, stay, swindle, take in, trick, while away). (various references)

Swedish		tjusa (allure, captivate, charm, enchant), lura (bamboozle, beat, befool, cheat, chicane, chisel, chouse, clip, cod, con, cozen, deceive, decoy, delude, diddle, do, do down, dope, double cross, double-cross, dupe, entrap, euchre, flay, fool, Fox, gaff, gudgeon, gull, have, hoax, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoodwink, hook, humbug, impose, inveigle, jockey, kid, lure, out-jockey, overreach, rip off, rook, sell, short-change, swindle, trick). (various references)

Thai		ล่อลวง. (various references)

Turkish		büyülemek (allure, bedazzle, bewitch, captivate, cast a spell on, catch up, charm, conjure, daze, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, enthral, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamorize, glamour, hypnotize, inthral, spell, spellbind, voodoo, witch), nasıl geçtiğini anlamamak, kandırmak (argue, bait, bamboozle, befool, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, dish, dissuade, dupe, entice, fast-talk, finagle, flimflam, fool, gammon, get round, gyp, hornswoggle, induce, intrigue, inveigle, jockey, jolly, kid, lead on, lie, persuade, play with, put across, put over, rope in, sell smb. a pup, serve a trick, spoof, stall off, stick, string, string along, stuff smb., take in, trick, wheedle), hoşça geçirmek, eğlendirmek (amuse, break up, divert, entertain, feast, recreate, regale, tickle), cezbetmek (attract, bait, captivate, catch, charm, draw on, engross, fascinate, fetch, hypnotize, lure, magnetize, prepossess, wile), ayartmak (allure, bribe, carry away, corrupt, debauch, delude, demoralize, deprave, draw in, entice, entrap, incite, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, lead astray, lead on, lure, pervert, sacret, seduce, soap down, tamper with, tempt, wile), aklını çelmek (allure, bias, cozen, dissuade, draw in, entice away, infatuate, persuade, prepossess, suborn, sway). (various references)

Ukranian		скрашувати (solace), спокушати (allure, attempt, court, debauch, decoy, deprave, entice, inveigle, lure, offend, seduce), розважати (amuse, divert, entertain), обманювати (baffle, bam, begunk, betray, bluff, bubble, buffalo, cheat, chouse, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, do down, double cross, gouge, impose, mountebank, swindle, trick, victimize), зачаровувати (allure, bewitch, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamour, philter, philtre, spell), підманювати. (various references)

Welsh		twyllo (bamboozle, cheat, deceive, swindle), swyno (bewitch, charm, enchant), hudo (allure, attract, charm), difyrru (amuse, divert). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	corrumpam, corrumpantur, corrumpas, corrumpet, corrumpetur, corrumpit, corrumpitur, corrumpunt, corruperat, corruperunt, corrupimus, corrupit, corrupta, corruptae, corruptam, corruptaque, corrupti, corrupto, corruptorum, corruptum, corruptus, decipio, fallentes, fallere, fallit, fallitur, falsa, falsae, falsam, falsas, falsi, falsis, falso, falsos, falsum, falsus, fefellit, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, phallet. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	lytegian. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Colossians Chapter 2, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	MhdeiV umaV katabrabeuetw qelwn en tapeinofrosunh kai qrhskeia twn aggelwn a mh ewraken embateuwn eikh fusioumenoV upo tou nooV thV sarkoV autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Nemo vos seducat volens in humilitate et religione angelorum quae non vidit ambulans frustra inflatus sensu carnis suae
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	No man disseyue you, willynge to teche in mekenesse, and religioun of aungelis, tho thingis whiche he hath not seyn, walkinge veynli, bolnyd with wit of his fleisch,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Let no man make you shote at a wroge (marke) which after his awne ymaginacion walketh in the humblenes and holynes of angels thinges which he never sawe: causlesse puft vp with his flesshly mynde
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Colossians Chapter 2, Verse 18
Cebuano	Ayaw tugoti nga adunay manikas kaninyo pinaagi sa iyang kinabobut-ong pagpulopahiubos ug pagsimbag mga manulonda, sa pagbarug niya diha sa iyang mga panan-awon, nga sa walay katarungan nagapasigarbo tungod sa iyang unodnon nga mga panghunahuna.
Croatian	Nitko neka vas ne podcjenjuje zato što on sam uživa u "poniznosti i štovanju anðela", zadubljuje se u svoja viðenja, bezrazložno se nadima tjelesnom pameæu svojom,
Danish	Lad ingen frarøve eder Sejrsprisen, idet han finder Behag i Ydmyghed og Dyrkelse af Englene, idet han indlader sig på, hvad han har set i Syner, forfængeligt opblæst af sit kødelige Sind,
Dutch	Dat dan niemand u overheerse naar zijn wil in nederigheid en dienst der engelen, intredende in hetgeen hij niet gezien heeft, tevergeefs opgeblazen zijnde door het verstand zijns vleses;
Finnish	Älköön teiltä riistäkö voittopalkintoanne kukaan, joka on mieltynyt nöyryyteen ja enkelien palvelemiseen ja pöyhkeilee näyistään ja on lihallisen mielensä turhaan paisuttama
French	Qu`aucun homme, sous une apparence d`humilité et par un culte des anges, ne vous ravisse � son gré le prix de la course, tandis qu`il s`abandonne � ses visions et qu`il est enflé d`un vain orgueil par ses pensées charnelles,
German	Laßt euch niemand das Ziel verrücken, der nach eigener Wahl einhergeht in Demut und Geistlichkeit der Engel, davon er nie etwas gesehen hat, und ist ohne Ursache aufgeblasen in seinem fleischlichen Sinn
Hungarian	Senki tõletek a pálmát el ne vegye, kedvét találván alázatoskodásban és az angyalok tisztelésében, a melyeket nem látott, olyakat tudakozván, ok nélkül felfuvalkodván az õ testének értelmével.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Janganlah kalian membiarkan diri dirugikan oleh orang yang pura-pura merendahkan diri dan yang menyembah malaikat-malaikat. Orang itu sombong dengan pikiran-pikirannya yang duniawi dan membangga-banggaka penglihatan-penglihatannya yang khusus,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jangan seorang pun dapat mengecewakan kamu daripada pahalamu, dengan peri merendahkan diri dan dengan menyembah segala malaekat sambil berkuat di atas penglihatannya, dengan sia-sia membesarkan dirinya menurut angan-angannya,
Italian	Nessuno v'impedisca di conseguire il premio, compiacendosi in pratiche di poco conto e nella venerazione degli angeli, seguendo le proprie pretese visioni, gonfio di vano orgoglio nella sua mente carnale,
Maori	Kei riro ta koutou taonga i te maminga a te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaiti i a ia, ki te karakia ki nga anahera, ka noho i roto i nga mea e kitea ana e ia, ka whakapehapeha kau noa, he mea na tona ngakau kikokiko;
Norwegian	La ingen frarøve eder kamp-prisen, om nogen prøver på det ved ydmykhet og engle-dyrkelse, idet han gir sig av med syner, blir opblåst uten grunn av sitt kjødelige sinn
Rumanian	Nimeni sq nu vq rqpeascq premiul alergqrii, fqckndu-wi voia lui knsuw printr`o smerenie wi knchinare la kngeri, amesteckndu-se kn lucruri pe cari nu le -a vqzut, umflat de o mkndrie dewartq, prin gkndurile firii lui pqmkntewti,
Russian	оЙЛФП �"Б ОЕ П�'ПМШЭБЕФ ЧБУ УБНПЧПМШОЩН УНЙТЕООПНХ�"ТЙЕН Й УМХЦЕОЙЕН бОЗЕМПЧ, ЧФПТЗБСУШ Ч ФП, ЮЕЗП ОЕ ЧЙ�"ЕМ, �'ЕЪТБУУХ�"ОП ОБ�"НЕЧБСУШ � МПФУЛЙН УЧПЙН ХНПН
Shuar	Tura shuar "Péejchach ajasam Yus áujtsuk aya Yusa suntari shiir awajsatniuiti" Túramkuinkia anturkairap. Nu shuar mesekranam Wáinkiamun áujmatenak ántar nankaamantu Enentáimtumainiawai. Aya aentsti Enentáimian chichainiawai.
Spanish	Nadie os prive de vuestro premio, fingiendo humildad y culto a los ángeles, haciendo alarde de lo que ha visto, vanamente hinchado por su mente carnal;
Swahili	Msikubali kuhukumiwa na mtu yeyote anayejitakia kuwa wa maana kwa sababu ya maono ya pekee na ambaye anasisitiza juu ya unyenyekevu wa uongo na ibada kwa malaika. Mtu wa namna hiyo amepumbazika kwa fikira danganifu za kidunia
Swedish	Låten icke segerlönen tagas ifrån eder av någon som har sin lust i "ödmjukhet" och ängladyrkan och gör sig stor med sina syner, någon som utan orsak är uppblåst genom sitt köttsliga sinne
Uma	Jadi', ane ria tauna to mposalai' -koi apa' uma nituku' tudui' -ra, neo' nipangalai' -ra. Ra'uli' tauna toera, ria inca-ra apa' ria-ra to mpohilo pangila. Ra'uli' uma-koi mpai' natarima Alata'ala ane uma-koi mpakadingki' nono-ni pai' mponyompa mala'eka. Neo' nipelele' tauna toera mposalai' -koi. Molangko nono-ra hante uma ria huraa-ra, apa' tudui' -ra toe mehuwu ngkai nono-ra moto to mpopekiri dunia' toi-wadi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beguile": beguiled, beguilement, beguilements, beguiler, beguilers, beguiles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beguile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bajuli, begil, begile, beguil, beguill, begvile, Bekulo, bequile, Betulia, betulin, Bogomila, Boguslav, Bouille, neguibe. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beguile" (pronounced bigī"l)
3	-g ī" l	Argyll, guile.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-i-l-u"
	-2 letters: beige, belie, bilge, bugle, bulge, glebe, guile, liege.
	-3 letters: bile, blue, gibe, glee, glib, glue, iglu, lieu, lube, luge.
	-4 letters: bee, beg, bel, big, bug, eel, gee, gel, gib, gie, gul, lee, leg, lei, leu, lib, lie, lug.
	-5 letters: be, bi, el, li.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-i-l-u"
	+1 letter: beguiled, beguiler, beguiles.
	+2 letters: beguilers.
	+4 letters: becudgeling, beguilement, submergible, suggestible, unbelieving.
	+5 letters: becudgelling, beguilements, beleaguering, inexpugnable, inexpungible, unbridgeable, undigestible, unnegotiable.
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