v. t.
The unlucky art of wheedling fools. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
And wheedle a world that loves him not. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster ]