Both Uses of
beguile
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- I jest to Oberon, and make him smile, When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile, Neighing in likeness of a filly foal; And sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab; And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And on her withered dewlap pour the ale.†
Scene 2.1
- How shall we beguile The lazy time, if not with some delight?
Scene 5.1 *beguile = to charm someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm
Definition:
to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm