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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

engle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛŋɡəl/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative spelling of ingle (“paramour”)
    alt of ingle
    • What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging[…] 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
engles Number=Plur lexicographic

engle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛŋɡəl/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative spelling of ingle (“cajole”)
    alt of ingle
    • I'll presently go and engle some broker. 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
engling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
engles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
engled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
engled Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

ingle · twist · collogue · honey around · sweet-talk · whilly · stroke · inveigle · sweet-talk · sweeten · cajole · soap · wheedle · word · soft-sawder · honey up · engle · blandander · blandish · fast-talk · fleech · butter up · inveigle · soft-soap · croodle · tweedle · carny · coax · butter up · canoodle · hum