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Webster 1913 Edition
Wile
Wile
,Noun.
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
Than wise to frustrate all our plots and
wiles
. Milton.
Wile
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wile
WILE
,Noun.
That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6.
WILE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Wile
Wile
English
Proper noun
Wile
- A surname.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Related terms
wile
wile
English
Noun
wile (plural wiles)
- (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
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
trick or stratagem
Verb
wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)
- To entice or lure
- Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".
- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
Usage notes
The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hwīlen — passing, transitory. We also see it in the whilend — temporary, transitory. But since wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.
References
- Grammarist.com While away or wile away?
- Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away
Mapudungun
Noun
wile (using Raguileo Alphabet)
Synonyms
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.