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cajole(dictionary)

cajole (iou)



cajole verb. M17.
[French cajoler.]
verb trans. Persuade or prevail upon (a person) by delusive flattery, specious promises, etc. (Foll. by into, out of, to do.) M17.
W. Irving The populace..are not to be cajoled out of a ghost story by any of these plausible explanations. V. Woolf We tried to cajole him to write with 10 p. 1,000 for bait. T. Dreiser She cajoled him into getting things for her and then would not even let him kiss her.
b. Coax (something) out of a person. M18.
verb intrans. Use cajolery. M17.
S. King Herb talked to her, then cajoled, finally demanded.
cajolement noun E19.
cajoler noun L17.