Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To allure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To lure; to cheat.
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- verb transitive To
lure ;allure ;cheat ;deceive .
Etymologies
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From Middle English beswiken, from Old English beswīcan ("to deceive, seduce, entice"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *swīkanan (“to dodge, swerve, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweig-, *swAig- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”), equivalent to be- + swike (“to deceive”). Cognate with Scots beswik, beswick ("to beguile, deceive"), Dutch bezwijken ("to succumb"), Old High German biswīhhan ("to deceive, seduce, capture"), Icelandic svikja ("to betray").
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To lure; to cheat.
July 30, 2008