Beguile vs Hypnotise - What's the difference?
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To deceive or delude (using guile).
* , II, II, 102.
To charm, delight or captivate.
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
To induce somebody into a state of hypnosis.
Beguile is a related term of hypnotise.
As verbs the difference between beguile and hypnotise
is that beguile is to deceive or delude (using guile) while hypnotise is .beguile
English
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*Verb
(beguil)- I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.
- I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.