whakapati
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to flatter, cajole, coax, bribe, beg, cadge, titillate.
Anei e whai ake nei ētahi kōrero hei whakapati i te hunga whai mai i tā mātou e kutukutu ahi nei! Arā, ko ngā kōrero a Pou Tēmara mō te pūnaha ringapoto a Te Pēhi (HM 1/1993). / Here follows an account to titillate the people who follow our raving! That is, Pou Tēmara's account about Best's shorthand system.
Synonyms: kaimātai, whakapatipati, pati, patipati, pīnono, pīnene
2. (modifier) tempting, bribing.
Kaua e whakapeaua kētia te whakawā; kaua hoki e whakapai kanohi; kaua anō e tango i te utu whakapati: he mea whakamatapō hoki te utu whakapati i ngā kanohi o te hunga whakaaro nui, he mea whakapeau kē i ngā kupu a te hunga tika (PT Tiuteronomi 16:19). / Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
