beguile (v.) Old form(s): beguild, beguil'd , beguilde
cheat, deceive, trick
1H4 III.i.183[Worcester to Hotspur, of the effect of bad qualities on men's opinions] Beguiling them of commendation
1H4 III.iii.66[Hostess to Falstaff] you owe me money ... and now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of it
1H6 I.ii.65[Pucelle to Reignier] is't thou that thinkest to beguile me?
AC III.vii.77.1[Soldier to Canidius, of Caesar] His power went out in such distractions as / Beguiled all spies
AC IV.xii.29[Antony alone, of Cleopatra] This grave charm ... hath at fast and loose / Beguiled me to the very heart of loss
AC V.ii.322[First Guard to other guards] Caesar's beguiled
AW IV.iii.290[Parolles to First Soldier, of Bertram] to beguile the supposition of that lascivious young boy
AW V.iii.303[King to all] Is there no exorcist / Beguiles the truer office of mine eyes?
Ham I.iii.131[Polonius to Ophelia, of Hamlet's vows] Breathing like sanctified and pious bawds, / The better to beguile
KL IV.vi.63[Gloucester to disguised Edgar] 'Twas yet some comfort / When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage
KL V.iii.152.1[Gonerill to Edmund] Thou are not vanquished, / But cozened and beguiled
Luc.957[Lucrece as if to time] Time's glory is ... / To mock the subtle in themselves beguiled
Mac I.v.61[Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] To beguile the time / Look like the time
MND II.i.45[Puck to Fairy] I jest to Oberon, and make him smile / When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile
MW I.iii.81[Pistol to Nym] high and low beguiles the rich and poor [i.e. high and low numbers from loaded dice]
MW IV.v.29[Simple to Falstaff, of Slender] Nym ... that beguiled him of a chain
Oth I.iii.208[Brabantio to all] So let the Turk of Cyprus us beguile
PP.20.28[Pilgrim, of a nightingale] Thou and I were both beguiled
R2 IV.i.280[Richard as if to the mirror] Thou dost beguile me
RJ III.ii.132[Juliet as if to the rope-ladder] Poor ropes, you are beguiled
RJ IV.v.55[Paris to himself, of Juliet's supposed death] Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain!
Sonn.3.4[] Thou dost beguile the world
Sonn.59.2[] how are our brains beguiled
TG V.iv.64[Valentine to Proteus] Thou hast beguiled my hopes
Tim IV.iii.330[Timon to Apemantus] If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee
TN V.i.137[Olivia to Viola as Cesario] How am I beguiled!
TNK V.iv.7[Palamon to his knights] We ... beguile / The gout and rheum
TS I.ii.136[Grumio to Hortensio and Petruchio] See, to beguile the old folks, how the young folks lay their heads together
TS III.i.36[Lucentio as Cambio to Bianca, of Gremio] we might beguile the old pantaloon
TS induction.2.54[Lord to Sly, of Io] how she was beguiled and surprised
WT V.ii.97[Third Gentleman to all, of the sculptor of Hermione's statue] he ... would beguile Nature of her custom, so perfectly is he her ape
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