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cajoles

cajoles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cajole.

Meaning of cajole

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
    • Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page...

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Questions about cajoles

What is cajoles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cajoles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cajole.

Words near cajoles in the dictionary

  1. cajolements
  2. cajoler
  3. cajoleries
  4. cajolers
  5. cajolery
  6. cajoles
  7. cajolest
  8. cajoleth
  9. cajoling
  10. cajolingly
  11. cajolings

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