BEGUILE

vt to elude, or evade by craft; to foil.

2. beguile ·vt to delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

3. beguile ·vt to cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.