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isle
[ahyl] 
noun, verb, isled, isl⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a small island. |
| 2. | any island. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to make into or as if into an isle. |
| 4. | to place on or as if on an isle. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME i(s)le < OF < L īnsula
1250–1300; ME i(s)le < OF < L īnsula
Related forms:
isleless, adjective
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| isle (īl) n. Abbr. I. An island, especially a small one. [Middle English ile, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula.] |
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Isle
Isle\, n. [Obs.] See Aisle.Isle
Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]1. An island. [Poetic] Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.Isle
Isle\, v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson.
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isle
c.1290, from O.Fr. ile, earlier isle, from L. insula "island," of uncertain origin, perhaps from fem. of adj. *en-salos "in the sea," from salum "sea." The -s- was restored first in M.Fr., then in Eng. in the late 1500s. Dim. form islet is first recorded 1538, from M.Fr. islette.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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