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Blandish definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLAND'ISH, v.t. [L. blandior; Old Eng. blandise.]
To soften; to caress; to flatter by kind words or affectionate actions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: praise somewhat dishonestly [syn: flatter, blandish] [ant: belittle, disparage, pick at]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blandiss-, stem of blandir, from Latin blandiri, from blandus mild, flattering Date: 14th century transitive verb to coax with flattery ; cajole intransitive verb to act or speak in a flattering or coaxing manner Synonyms: see cajole • blandisher noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. flatter; coax, cajole. Etymology: ME f. OF blandir (-ISH(2)) f. L blandiri f. blandus soft, smooth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blandish Blan"dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blandished; p. pr. & vb. n. Blandishing.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. 2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. --Milton.

Moby Thesaurus

adulate, advocate, allure, apply pressure, bait, bait the hook, banter, be hypocritical, beguile, beset, besiege, beslobber, beslubber, blarney, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, cant, charm, coax, compliment, con, conceit, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, dun, ensnare, entice, exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, flirt, flirt with, give lip service, give mouth honor, give the come-on, high-pressure, importune, insist, insist upon, inveigle, jawbone, lead on, lobby, lure, make fair weather, mouth, nag, nag at, offer bait to, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, play the hypocrite, plead with, ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, reek of piety, render lip service, rope in, seduce, slobber over, snivel, snuffle, soft-soap, suck in, sweet-talk, tease, urge, wheedle, woo, work on