mulcere: permulcere aliquem: palpare, or alicui, or aliquem palpari (PROP., to stroke and pat, e.g., a horse): blandiri alicui (to flatter with soft words). To coax a horse, equum palpari (Ulp., Dig.): I will coax him, and try if I can by any means, etc., palpabo, ecquonam modo possim, etc. (Cic.): to coax anybody by presents, aliquem munere palpare (Juv.): to coax anybody clumsily, alicui male palpari (Hor.): to coax anybody out of anything, suis blanditiis aliquid ab aliquo exprimere (Cic.).