Meanings (ES + gloss)
engatusar
To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
Say he's been misguided by the rebels, and how they've inveigled him, till he's turned rebel himself; and how he's now out with Marion's men, in Major Singleton's squad.
She described with the most vivid minuteness the agonies of the country families whom he had ruined—the sons whom he had plunged into dishonour and poverty—the daughters whom he ha…
timar
To obtain through guile or cunning.
As Louisa had no desire to receive the attentions of the Prince, and Lady Penrhyn was well-practised in the art of inveigling, she would have soon carried her point, if she had not…
He inveigled an introduction to my sister from me.
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