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Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]

1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
Dryden.

And wheedle a world that loves him not.
Tennyson.

2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.

A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.
Congreve.

Whee"dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]

1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
Dryden.

And wheedle a world that loves him not.
Tennyson.

2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.

A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.
Congreve.

Whee"dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

WHEEDLE. A sharper. To cut a wheedle; to decoy by
fawning or insinuation. Cant.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

  • To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  • To obtain something by guile or trickery.
         I'd like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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