Both Uses of
beguile
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Beside the provisions lay the flute, whose notes had lately been called forth by the lonely watcher to beguile a tedious hour.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- Self-beguilement with what she had known all the time to be false had given her strength to come over half a mile that she would have been powerless to face in the lump.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(beguile) to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm