
tr.v., -gled, -gling, -gles.
- To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk. See synonyms at lure.
- To obtain by cajolery: inveigled a free pass to the museum.
[Middle English envegle, alteration of Old French aveugler, to blind, from aveugle, blind, from Vulgar Latin *aboculus : Latin ab-, away from; see ab-1 + Latin oculus, eye (probably loan-translation of Gaulish exsops : exs-, from + ops, eye).]
inveiglement in·vei'gle·ment n.inveigler in·vei'gler n.









