beguiledadj.
/bɪˈɡʌɪld/ 1. Concealed or disguised by guile.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective]
privya1398
palliate?a1425
beguiled1561
masked1567
covert1574
retired1596
remote1601
palliated1612
unsuspected1620
lapped1637
sopited1646
veiled1651
perdua1734
ulterior1735
screened1844
marzipanned1979
1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens i. sig. C4 Eyther his beegiled hookes dothe bayte, or els beholds and feeles the prayfrom hye with paysed hande.
2. Deluded, deceived by guile; self-deluded, mistaken.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective] > affected by delusion, deluded
ygiled1340
beguileda1533
deceived1569
enchanteda1617
deludeda1628
prestigiated1647
illusional1900
illusioned1920
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iv I thinke I am not begyled in the histories.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 103 The beguiled mortal.
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