Verb [edit]. coax â(third-person singular simple present coaxes, present participle coaxing, simple past and past participle coaxed). ( 1 obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease. 2  To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.he was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. 1  12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Is it true that WWF legend Yokozuna died due to a fear of spiders? How did he die? No. According to the Wikipedia article about him, On October 23, 2000, AnoaÊ»i died from pulmonary edema in his room at the Moat House Hotel in Liverpool, England while on an independent wrestling tour in Europe.
By Robert Wilde. The Myth: Stalin, the Russian dictator whose actions killed millions of people, died peacefully in his bed. The Truth: Stalin suffered a major stroke on March 1st 1953 but treatment was delayed from reaching him as a direct result of his actions over the previous decades. He slowly died over the course of the next few days, apparently in agony, finally expiring on March 5th of a brain haemorrhage. He was in bed.