taivutella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
- inveigle verb To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- jawbone noun The bone forming the lower jaw; the mandible.
- meander noun One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
- pimp noun A person who arranges clients for prostitutes and takes a share of their earnings.
- prevail verb To win out or come out on top, especially after a struggle.
- wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.
Senses
taivutella is used for these senses in English:
- coax (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
- jawbone (ambitransitive) To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
- meander (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
- pimp (US, slang) To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
- prevail (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- wrangle To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
inveigle — full definition
- verb To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- verb To obtain through guile or cunning.
- verb To fool, to delude, to blind in judgement.
- verb To ensnare, to entangle.