coax

To fondle, kid, pet, tease.

To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

She 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.

12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

They coaxed the rope through the pipe.

I've finally coaxed the sticky drawers open.

A simpleton; a dupe.

Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory

Clipping of coaxial cable.