Definition of "blandishment" (countable) Often in the plural form blandishments : a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade . quotations examples
Quotations Thus Her with Indignation frowning , ſtern , / With Tears , and Blandiſhments Æneas ſooth ’d : / She bends here Eyes averſe upon the Ground ; / And by his Speech begun is mov ’d no more, / Than a hard Flint , or fix ’d Marpeſian Rock .
1755, “Æneis”, in Joseph Trapp, transl., The Works of Virgil, volume II, book 6, pages 376–377, lines 600–604
She looked up as she heard his footsteps , and the gracious smile which her lips put on , was an invitation to make himself happy in a seat beside her . But he resisted the blandishment , and lifting his hat as he passed , with a smile in return , he soon disappeared from her presence , and joined the two who awaited him .
1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter V, page 66