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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cajole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cajole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.