Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Invested with flattery, cajolery, or blandishment.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blandish .
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Examples
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Long ago Faith had said in Soolsby's but that he "blandished" all with whom he came in contact; but Hylda realised with a lacerated heart that he had ceased to blandish her.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Long ago Faith had said in Soolsby's but that he "blandished" all with whom he came in contact; but Hylda realised with a lacerated heart that he had ceased to blandish her.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Long ago Faith had said in Soolsby's but that he "blandished" all with whom he came in contact; but Hylda realised with a lacerated heart that he had ceased to blandish her.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Suppose we ask Martha Higham if the Earl has 'blandished' her.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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But her first novel is why I blandished her into speaking to us today.
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But her first novel is why I blandished her into speaking to us today.
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Our credulity is solicited, blandished, directed to the region of possible and desirable things.
Bottoms Up 2006
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And perhaps - when we notice we're being blandished - we are.
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And perhaps - when we notice we're being blandished - we are.
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The internet is your friend here, too: pretty much every conference will list which agents they cajoled to it last year and/or those who will be blandished into being there this year.
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