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May 10, 2019
This week’s themeWords from singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman’s songs
This week’s words
legionnaire
moribund
carny
nanny state
inveigle
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PRONUNCIATION:
(in-VAY-guhl, -VEE-) 
MEANING:
verb tr.: To get something or to persuade someone to do something by deception or flattery.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French aveugle (blind), from Latin ab- (away from) + oculus (eye). Earliest documented use: 1513.
USAGE:
“Now I know, that’s illegal.
But a woman should be one of as many wives as her husband can inveigle.”
Roy Zimmerman; I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible; 2010.
(lyrics; video, 5 min.)
See more usage examples of inveigle in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
But a woman should be one of as many wives as her husband can inveigle.”
Roy Zimmerman; I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible; 2010.
(lyrics; video, 5 min.)
See more usage examples of inveigle in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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