Wheedle

To “wheedle” (WEE-d’l) - possibly from the Old English for “beg” - is to gain or get by using flattery or guile.

Example (as used by Ronald Weber in Hired Pens): “Editors who wished to carry original work rather than reprints found it necessary to wheedle contributions from readers by decrying inexperience as a reason for not taking up the pen and by offering prizes for submissions.”

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