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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cajole v : influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: {wheedle}, {palaver}, {blarney}, {coax}, {sweet-talk}, {inveigle}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: CAJOLE(Chris And John's Own LanguagE) A {dataflow} language developed by Chris Hankin and John Sharp at {Westfield College}. ["The Data Flow Programming Language CAJOLE: An Informal Introduction", C.L. Hankin et al SIGPLAN Notices 16(7):35-44 (Jul 1981)]. (1994-11-08)
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