Dictionary entry

Inveigle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. à, 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.

Yet have they many baits and guileful spells

To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton.