1.
[syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cajole \Ca*jole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in
a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter,
from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, dim. of
cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.]
To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
[1913 Webster]
I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a
reception of my views. --F. W.
Robertson.
Syn: To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cajole
v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn:
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-
talk, inveigle]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
CAJOLE
(Chris And John's Own LanguagE) A dataflow
language developed by Chris Hankin and John
Sharp at Westfield College.
["The Data Flow Programming Language CAJOLE: An Informal
Introduction", C.L. Hankin et al, SIGPLAN Notices 16(7):35-44
(Jul 1981)].
(1994-11-08)