cajole

[ca·jole]

To cajole someone is to persuade them by using insincere compliments or promises. If you say "Please, pretty please, I'll be your best friend," when asking for a stick of gum, you are cajoling the gum holder.

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To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

Verb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"


v. i.
To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.


Cajole

Ca*jole" , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge'93le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views.
Syn. -- To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.

To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

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