transitive verb. To deceive by guile or charm.

transitive verb. To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat.

transitive verb. To distract the attention of; divert.

transitive verb. To amuse or charm; delight or fascinate. synonym: charm.

transitive verb. To pass (time) pleasantly.

To delude with guile; deceive; impose on by artifice or craft.

To elude or check by artifice or craft; foil.

To deprive of irksomeness or unpleasantness by diverting the mind; render unfelt; cause to pass insensibly and pleasantly; while away.

To transform as if by charm or guile; charm.

To entertain as with pastimes; amuse.

To beguile of, to deprive of by guile or pleasing artifice.

Synonyms Cheat, mislead, inveigle.

3–5. Amuse, Divert, etc. (see amuse); cheer, solace.

transitive verb. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

transitive verb. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.

transitive verb. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.

verb. To deceive or delude (using guile).

verb. To charm, delight or captivate.

verb. attract; cause to be enamored

verb. influence by slyness

"Princess! they are simple, and such as beguile tentmen and tentwomen shut in by the desert, their fancies tender as children's."

cheat  deceive  divert  

wile  

cheat  chisel  rip off  

Argyll  Kyle  Marseille  Mikhail  Niall  

alluring  captivate  catlike  compel  dreamlike  

allure  amuse  amuse  bamboozle  beat  

beguiled  beguileed  beguiles  beguiling