Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which beguiles or deceives.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, beguiles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
beguiles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- noun a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
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Examples
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She smiled like some devilish beguiler who had tempted me to take the first steps toward sin.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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She smiled like some devilish beguiler who had tempted me to take the first steps toward sin.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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She smiled like some devilish beguiler who had tempted me to take the first steps toward sin.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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She smiled like some devilish beguiler who had tempted me to take the first steps toward sin.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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And he called Herodotus a thief and a beguiler, and “the same with intent to deceive,” as one of their own poets writes.
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Make that beguiler-in-chief, Hillary…and do your homework on the Bill of Rights and Constitution as Senator Feingold has.
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[1324] For the leader of all wickedness assumes manifold [1325] forms, beguiler of men as he is, inconsistent, and even contradicting himself, projecting one course and then following another.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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That sovereign light, we hear, is a sly beguiler, a false leader, creator of gods and myths, an envious organ of denial, and a professional instrument of deceit.
The Evil Demiurge Gass, William H. 1968
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It is Krishna who is the protector of the universe and its beguiler.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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"I am beginning to know it, dear Mademoiselle!" said the pitiful beguiler, slipping through the doorway on tiptoe.
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