Wheedle — Defs

01 v. t. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

imp. & p. p. Wheedled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling

1.
To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
“The unlucky art of wheedling fools.” — Dryden.

“And wheedle a world that loves him not.” — Tennyson.
2.
To grain, or get away, by flattery.
“A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.” — Congreve.

02 v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.