cajole

See also cajolé

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Verb

cajole (third-person singular simple present cajoles, present participle cajoling, simple past and past participle cajoled)

1. (transitive) To encourage or persuade by effort; to coax.

   She tried to cajole the toddler into the bathtub.

Translations

to encourage or persuade by effort

Bulgarian: придумвам (bg) Finnish: houkutella (fi), suostutella (fi) Hungarian: noszogat (hu) Russian: задабривать (ru) (zadábrivat') impf., задобрить (ru) (zadóbrit') pf., увещевать (ru) (uveščevát')

Serbo-Croatian: nagovoriti (sh), privoljeti (sh) Spanish: engatusar (es), lisonjear (es)

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French

Verb

cajole

1. first-person singular present indicative of cajoler
2. third-person singular present indicative of cajoler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
5. second-person singular imperative of cajoler