1. coax - Noun
2. coax - Adjective
3. coax - Verb
To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.
A simpleton; a dupe.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo wheedle and coax is safer than to command. Anne Brontë
Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind out of its sleep-induced introspective temper. Alain de Botton
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Hesiod
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility. Christopher Eccleston
What is to prevent one from telling truth as he laughs, even as teachers sometimes give cookies to children to coax them into learning their A B C? Horace
To get the chicks one must coax the hen. French Proverb