MEANING
1. To mislead someone by attractive or persuasive means.
2. To delight or hold someone’s attention through charm.
3. To pass time in an agreeable or absorbing way.
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Words that belong together
- beguile into trust
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The stranger beguiled him into trust.
A false promise beguiled the travelers.
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Word forms
- Base
- beguile
- Past tense
- beguiled
- Past participle
- beguiled
- Present participle
- beguiling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- beguile
- Present continuous
- am/is/are beguiling
- Present perfect
- have/has beguiled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been beguiling
- Past
- beguiled
- Past continuous
- was/were beguiling
- Past perfect
- had beguiled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been beguiling
- Future
- will beguile
- Future continuous
- will be beguiling
- Future perfect
- will have beguiled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been beguiling
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: beguile; beguiles; beguiled; beguiled; beguiling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: beguiles.
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