Definition of Cajoled

1. Verb. (past of cajole) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cajoled

1. cajole [v] - See also: cajole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajoled

caisson disease
caisson sickness
caissons
caitiff
caitiffs
caitive
caitives
caixin
cajan pea
cajaput
cajaputs
cajeput
cajeputol
cajeputs
cajole
cajoled (current term)
cajolement
cajolements
cajoler
cajoleries
cajolers
cajolery
cajoles
cajoling
cajolingly
cajon
cajones
cajuput
cajuput oil
cajuputene

Literary usage of Cajoled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"JOVE cajoled. ARGUMENT. Agamemnon, with Nestor and the wounded chiefs, proceed to view the fight.—Juno, procuring the girdle of Venus, excites the amorous ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1834)
"... and then whispers in his ear to take and cries savagely, " What, sir, are the bracelet and holds it up — and the slave, but he won't be cajoled — a ..."

3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"To be cajoled by snch a false as this!' Thus accomplished both bv nature and art, thus excellently accoutred tor the conflict, our poet has ventured to ..."

4. Jack London and Hawaii by Charmian London (1918)
"Then we cajoled them into contributing their own music, and after some hesitation, untinged by the faintest unwillingness, they settled dreamily to singing ..."

5. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"... action—Sir Francis cajoled—He takes sides with the Tory party—His appointments—Mr. Baldwin—His remonstrance—Ministerial responsibility—Resignation of ..."

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