Wheedle
Wheedle , transitive verb
[Compare German wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, Old High German wadal; akin to German wehen to blow, and English wind, n.]
1.
To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
The unlucky art of wheedling fools.
And wheedle a world that loves him not.
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.
Wheedle , intransitive verb
To flatter; to coax; to cajole.