HOW TO PRONOUNCE
beguile
/bɪˈɡaɪl/
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Stress “guile” and keep the “g” hard.
Use two syllables, beginning with a light vowel. In the stronger second syllable, use the vowel of my after g, then close directly with l.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The storyteller hoped to beguile the audience.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does beguile mean?
verb
- To deceive or delude (using guile).
- To charm, delight or captivate.
- To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɪˈɡaɪl/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Beside the provisions lay the flute, whose notes had lately been called forth by the lonely watcher to beguile a tedious hour.
There need be no reflection on the companies which adopt it, though calcu- lated to beguile the innocent and confiding in- vestor.
More book examples (3)
I did consent, And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer’d.
Turn, oh, turn in this direction, Shed, oh, shed a gentle smile, With a glance of sad perfection, Our poor fainting hearts beguile!
Swervings like these from the strict line of fact often beguile a truthful man on and on until he eventually becomes a liar.