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# cajole

verb (cajole, cajoles, cajoled, cajoling)

«cajole» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To cajole someone is to coax or persuade them to do something, often with soft words or flattery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character talked round by sweet words; «cajoled into» means tricked gently into agreeing

### Examples

- She cajoled her brother into sharing his sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/#x1)
- Don't let them cajole you into staying up late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/#x2)
- He cajoled the guard with kind words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cajole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cajole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cajole.html) on Mova free.