Wheedle

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Wheedled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling .]
	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.
v. i.	1.	To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

Verb

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wheedle - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, palaver

adulate, advocate, apply pressure, banter, beset, besiege, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, blarney, bug, buttonhole, call on, call upon, compliment, con, conceit, dun, exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, high-pressure, importune, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lobby, make fair weather, nag, nag at, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, plead with, ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, slobber over, soft-soap, sweet-talk, tease, urge, work on

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