## Meanings
1. To gently persuade someone to do something, often with kind or flattering words.
2. To carefully move or work something into a desired position or state.

## Examples
- She managed to coax the frightened cat out from under the bed.
- He slowly coaxed the rope through the narrow pipe.

## Synonyms
- blandander
- blandish
- cajole
- canoodle
- carny
- collogue
- croodle
- engle
- fast-talk
- fleech
- hum
- ingle

## Derived Forms
- coaxable
- coaxer
- coaxy

## Etymology
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.

## AI Etymology
Coax originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706. Current senses include to gently persuade someone to do something, often with kind or flattering words and to carefully move or work something into a desired position or state. The wider family includes derived forms such as coaxable, coaxer, and coaxy.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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