Word Meanings - BLANDISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To blandish any one. Chaucer.

BLANDISHER
One who uses blandishments.
BLANDISH
1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. 2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. Milton.
BLANDISHMENT
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.