/ ɪnˈveɪgl; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] inveigle sb / yourself (into sth / into doing sth) ( formal ) to achieve control over sb in a clever and dishonest way, especially so that they will do what you want :
He inveigled himself into her affections (= dishonestly made her love him) .
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent. (in the sense beguile, deceive ; formerly also as enveigle ): from Anglo-Norman French envegler , alteration of Old French aveugler to blind, from aveugle blind.