Beguile vs Lirt - What's the difference?
beguile | lirt |
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
As verbs the difference between beguile and lirt
is that beguile is to deceive or delude (using guile) while lirt is to deceive; beguile or lirt can be to toss.As a noun lirt is
deception; guile.beguile
English
Alternative forms
*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.