Meaning

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
2. (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
3. (transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

Example Sentences

And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.

I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.

1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.

I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles.

We beguiled the hours away.

They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.

They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes.

Word Forms

• beguiles
• beguiling
• beguiled
• begyle
• bigyle
• bi-gyle

Synonyms for beguile

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When Should You Use Beguile?

Use beguile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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