cajole

«cajole» in Mova's school dictionary: to coax or persuade them to do something, often with soft… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (cajole, cajoles, cajoled, cajoling)

meaning for a pupil

To cajole someone is to coax or persuade them to do something, often with soft words or flattery. tree →

sense 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 →
• Don't let them cajole you into staying up late. tree →
• He cajoled the guard with kind words. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cajole» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.