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beguile

 verb
     
be‧guile [transitive]
1 to interest and attract someone:
She was beguiled by his smooth talk.
2 to persuade or trick someone into doing something
beguile somebody into doing something
He was beguiled into buying another copy of her book.
3 literaryDL to do something that makes the time pass in an enjoyable way
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