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Definition of: wile
(wīl) noun
1. An act or a means of cunning deception; also, any beguiling trick or artifice.
2. Craftiness; cunning. See synonyms under ARTIFICE.
—v.t. wiled, wil·ing
1. To lure, beguile, or mislead.
2. To pass divertingly, as time: usually with away: by confusion with while. [OE wīl, prob. <Scand. Cf. ON vēl an artifice.]
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