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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;
- Example: "He palavered her into going along"
[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)