beguile
Webster 1828
BEGUI'LE, verb transitive begi'le. [be and guile.] To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft.The serpent beguiled me and I did eat Genesis 3:13.1. To elude by craft.When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.2. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass pleasingly; to amuse; as, to beguile the tedious day with sleep