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English Dictionary: wile	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wile n the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) Synonym(s): trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[c6]l; cf. Icel. v[?]l, v[91]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.