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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


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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