See Also: antarthritic(medicine)

inveigle (iou) and antarthritic (medicine)


inveigle (iou)



inveigle verb trans. Also enveigle. L15.
[Anglo-Norman envegler alt. (cf. ENSAMPLE noun) of Old & mod. French aveugler to blind, from aveugle blind, prob. from Proto-Romance. Cf. VEIGLE.]
Beguile, deceive. L15-E18.
a. Win over or captivate by deceitful allurement; entice, seduce. M16.
R. Hayman He blamed his son for inveigling him into the investment.
J. L. Motley An organized system of harlotry, by which the soldiers and politicians of France were inveigled.
b. Entrap, ensnare, entangle. M16-E18.
c. Guilefully draw (a person), into, to, from, etc., an action, conduct, a place, etc. M16.
inveiglement noun M16.
inveigler noun M16.

antarthritic (medicine)


antarthritic
<medicine> Counteracting or alleviating gout.

A remedy against gout.

Origin: Pref. Anti- + arthritic.

Source: Websters Dictionary