dandle

dandle is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To move up and down on one`s knee or in one`s arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.

[2] To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool`s cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.

[3] To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.