beguile

1. (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).Examples: "And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth."; "I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave."transitive

2. (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.Examples: "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."; "I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles."transitive

3. (transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.Examples: "We beguiled the hours away."; "They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way."; "They beguile the tedium of this enforced leisure by weaving baskets and playing on certain sacred flutes."transitive