beguile, begile, bigyle, by gyle

t. [Eng. be, guile. O. Fr. guiler = to deceive.] I. To deceive by means of guileful conduct or words. *1. To cover up with guile; guilefully to hide. "So beguil'd With outward honesty." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece. 2. To deceive by means of a false statement. "Why wol he thus himself and us bigyle !" Chaucer: C. T. , 8,128. IMG:content-1199.png:[blocks in formation] III. To cause to mistake, to cause to commit an error, without reference to the means by which this has been brought about. ( Scotch .) "I thank my God he never beguiled me yet."Walker: Remark . Pa ages , p. 10. "I'm saer beguil'd " is = I have fallen into a great mistake. (Jamie son.) IV. To thwart; to disappoint. 1. To thwart or elude by artifice. In this sense the object of the verb may be a person or a thing. "Is wretchedne depriv'd that benefit, To end itself by death? "Tis yet some comfort, When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage 2. To disappoint. Shakesp. Lear, iv. 6. IMG:content-1200.png:[blocks in formation] act of beguiling; the state of being beguiled; that which beguiles.