Inveigled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inveigle \In*vei"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inveigled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Inveigling}.] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to
     delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind,
     OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab +
     oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for
     a- taken as the pref. F. [`a], L. ad. See {Ocular}.]


     To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by
     deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce;
     to wheedle.
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           Yet have they many baits and guileful spells
           To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. --Milton.
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