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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 whee·dle /ˈhwidḷ, ˈwi-/
 (vi.)哄騙;(vt.)以甜言蜜語誘惑,用甜言蜜語騙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whee·dle v. t. [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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whee·dle, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wheedle
      v : influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
          flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: cajole,
           palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle]