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vleien

Pronunciation: /ˈvlɛi̯.ə(n)/

“vleien” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle (praise excessively and disingenuously)
to convince, talk into, talk over
to entice, lure, seduce
to fondle, pet, stroke
to flatter (present disingenuously)
to fling, throw a pebble etc. over water so as to make it bounce
to form a membrane
to be covered by one

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vleien, from Old Dutch *fleien, from Proto-West Germanic *flaihijan.

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