Beguiled vs Duplicity - What's the difference?
beguiled | duplicity |
(beguile)
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 a verb beguiled
is (beguile).As a noun duplicity is
intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.beguiled
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(head)beguile
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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.