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What does cajole mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive and intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
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Her first task was to coax and cajole the gathering into applauding loudly, in order to welcome her.
The studios test, poll, cajole, advertise, and inveigh in an effort to ensure against failure.
Going into a hardware store to get a hatchet and a copper kettle, we cajole the proprietor into talking shop.
Someone had decided to cajole this rum collection of musicians into an all-hands-to-the-pump version of John Lennon's Across the Universe.
Housing associations and the government use many misleading arguments to persuade and cajole council tenants into agreeing to stock transfers.
I like the way the newspaper urges its readers to cajole their peers into voting.

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