Meaning wile
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wilelate Old English, wil "stratagem, trick, sly artifice," perhaps from Old North French *wile (Old French guile), or directly from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vel "trick, cra [..]
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wilelate 14c., "to deceive," from wile (n.). Related: Wiled; wiling. Sense of "cause (time, etc.) to pass pleasantly, divert attention pleasantly" is by 1796, from confusion with while [..]
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wilen. An act or a means of cunning deception.
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wile(n) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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wilen. "stratagem, trick; trickery, guile," s.v. wile sb. OED. KEY: wile@n
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wile
(usually,in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
''He was seduced by her wiles.''
* Milton
*: to frustrate all our plots and wiles
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