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(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter..
I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.
Use fleech when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fleech means (transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter..
Common synonyms include croodle, inveigle, whilly, blandander.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.
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