Definitions
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Word origin
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Used in a sentence
“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”
“He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.”
“They coaxed the rope through the pipe.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Gently persuade”4 letters
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