Wheedle /(?)/

Whee·dle

Wheedle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Wheedled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling

  1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
    The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
    And wheedle a world that loves him not.
  2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
    A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.

Wheedle

v. i.
  1. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.