Beguile
Beguile ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
1.
To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
2.
To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obsolete]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.
3.
To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads... to beguile his incessant wayfaring.