coaxed
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Collins Definition
Verb
coaxing, present participle; coaxed, past tense; coaxed, past participle; coaxes, 3rd person singular present;
/kōks/,
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coaxing, present participle; coaxed, past tense; coaxed, past participle; coaxes, 3rd person singular present;
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Persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something
- - the trainees were coaxed into doing hard, boring work
- - “Come on now,” I coaxed
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Use such persuasion to obtain something from
- - we coaxed money out of my father
- - coaxing more speed from the car
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Manipulate (something) carefully into a particular shape or position
- - her lovely hair had been coaxed into ringlets
Web Definitions:
- (coaxing) blarney: flattery designed to gain favor
- (coaxing) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"
- (coaxing) Serving to coax
- (coaxing) Improvement of the fatigue strength of a specimen by the application of a gradually increasing stress amplitude, usually starting below the fatigue limit.