All 4 Uses of
beguile
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The Nolan men grew handsomer, weaker and more beguiling with each generation.†
Chpt 8 *beguiling = charming or enchanting; or deceiving through charm
- She rushed out to the delicatessen store and beguiled the man into letting her open a charge account until Saturday payday.†
Chpt 9beguiled = deceived through charm or enchantment
- They almost forgot about eleven o'clock, the mud pie making was so beguiling.†
Chpt 18beguiling = charming or enchanting; or deceiving through charm
- His free lunch was no better than theirs and there was no beguiling entertainment other than that spontaneously contributed by his customers.†
Chpt 38
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."