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Whee"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling (?).] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.]
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1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
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The unlucky art of wheedling fools. Dryden.
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And wheedle a world that loves him not. Tennyson.
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2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
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A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. Congreve.
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Whee"dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
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