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wile    Audio Help   [wahyl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, wiled, wil·ing.
–noun
1.a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
2.wiles, artful or beguiling behavior.
3.deceitful cunning; trickery.
–verb (used with object)
4.to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study.
5.wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights.

[Origin: 1125–75; (n.) ME; late OE wil, perh. < ON vél artifice, earlier *wihl-]

1, 2. deception, contrivance, maneuver. See trick. 3. chicanery, fraud.
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wile    Audio Help   (wīl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare.
  2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator.
  3. Trickery; cunning.

tr.v.   wiled, wil·ing, wiles
  1. To influence or lead by means of wiles; entice.
  2. To pass (time) agreeably: wile away a Sunday afternoon.


[Middle English wil, from Old North French, from Old Norse vēl, trick, or of Low German origin.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote means for achieving an end by indirection or deviousness. Wile suggests deceiving and entrapping a victim by playing on his or her weak points: "He did not fail to see/His uncle's cunning wiles and treachery" (William Morris).
Artifice refers to something especially contrived to create a desired effect: "Should the public forgive artifices used to avoid military service?" (Godfrey Sperling).
Trick implies willful deception: "The ... boys ... had all sorts of tricks to prevent us from winning" (W.H. Hudson).
Ruse stresses the creation of a false impression: Your pretended deafness was a ruse to enable you to learn our plans, wasn't it?
Feint denotes a deceptive act calculated to distract attention from one's real purpose: One person bumped into me as a feint while the other stole my wallet.
Stratagem implies carefully planned deception used to achieve an objective: The manager used ruthless stratagems to win the promotion.
Maneuver often applies to a single strategic move: "To this day they always speak of that Reform Bill as if it had been a dishonest maneuver" (The Standard).
Dodge stresses shifty and ingenious deception: "'It was all false, of course?' 'All, sir,' replied Mr. Weller, ' ... artful dodge'" (Charles Dickens).

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wile 
1154, wil "wile, trick," perhaps from O.N.Fr. *wile (O.Fr. guile), or directly from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. vel "trick, craft, fraud," vela "defraud"). Perhaps ultimately related to O.E. wicca "wizard" (see Wicca). Lighter sense of "amorous or playful trick" is from 1600. Wily is attested from c.1300.

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wile

noun
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: trickery

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Wile

Guile\, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John i. 47.

To wage by force or guile eternal war. --Milton.
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Wile

Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS. w[=i]l; cf. Icel. v?l, v[ae]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.
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