The Only Use of
beguile
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker's-book, went home to bed.
p. 14.1beguiled = was entertained for
Definitions:
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(1)
(beguile) to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, in classic literature, beguile can mean to "pass time pleasantly."