Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beguiling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beguile \Be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beguiled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beguiling}.]
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or
impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. --Gen. iii.
13.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. --Shak.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve
the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.
--W. Irving.
Syn: To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse;
divert; entertain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beguiling \Be*guil"ing\, a.
Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. --
{Be*guil"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beguiling
adj 1: highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an
alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice
was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an
enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn:
{alluring}, {enticing}, {tempting}]
2: misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken
in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
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