资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cajole \Ca*jole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cajoled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cajoling}.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in
   a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter,
   from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, dim. of
   cage a cage. See {Cage}, {Jail}.]
   To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.

         I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a
         reception of my views.                   --F. W.
                                                  Robertson.

   Syn: To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.