p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; allicere, illicere, incitare, persuadere, inducere :-- Ðe hine to ðæm unfriðe gespón who had allured him to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905; Th. 182, 7, col. 1. Gif he ða cwéne gespanan [gespannan, MS.] and gelǽran mihte, ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes si reginæ posset persuaders ejus uti connubio, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 29. Gespeón persuadebat, 2, 15; S. 518, 26. Swýðost gesponen [gesponnen, MS.] to onfónne Cristes geleáfan maxime persuasus ad percipiendam Christi fidem, 3, 21; S. 551, 5. Wæs hám gelaðad and gesponen [gesponnen, MS.] was called and drawn home, 4, 23; S. 593, 17. ge-spanan