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wile |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS w[=i]l; cf Icel. v?l, v[ae]l. Cf {Guile}.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. --Eph. vi 11. Not more almighty to resist our might Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wile \Wile\, v. t. 1. To practice artifice upon to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [R.] --Spenser. 2. To draw or turn away as by diversion; to while or while away to cause to pass pleasantly. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wile n : the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {guile}, {shenanigan}]
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