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wile

[ wahyl ]

noun

  1. a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.

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  2. wiles, artful or beguiling behavior.

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  3. deceitful cunning; trickery.

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verb (used with object)

wiled, wiling.
  1. to beguile, entice, or lure (usually followed by away, from, into, etc.):

    The music wiled him from his study.

verb phrase

  1. to spend or pass (time), especially in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion:

    to wile away the long winter nights.

wile

/ 飞补瑟濒 /

noun

  1. trickery, cunning, or craftiness
  2. usually plural an artful or seductive trick or ploy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to lure, beguile, or entice
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞耻迟顎厀颈濒别顎 verb (used with object) outwiled outwiling
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wile1

1125鈥75; (noun) Middle English; late Old English wil, perhaps < Old Norse 惫脓濒 artifice, earlier *wihl-
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wile1

C12: from Old Norse vel craft; probably related to Old French 飞墨濒别, Old English 飞墨驳濒别 magic. See guile
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Synonym Study

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Ninety percent of charges were for some form of child abuse, neglect or endangerment wile 86% of cases did not require prosecutors to find evidence of harm to the fetus.

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The sleazy, scheming De Guiche has been using his power and manipulative wiles to trap Roxanne in a situation where she鈥檒l have no choice but to receive him as her lover.

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He also intimated that Ruth Belville used her feminine wiles to get custom.

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England's scrum creaked, perhaps decisively, when the wisdom and wiles of Cole and Marler departed.

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My concern is that it鈥檚 all too tempting to yield to such wiles in the name of saving time and minimizing effort.

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