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   Wile (?), n. [OE. wile, AS. wīl; cf. Icel. vl, væl.  Cf. Guile.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
   
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   Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Eph. vi. 11.
   
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   Not more almighty to resist our might,
   
   Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. Milton.
   
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   Wile, v. t.
   1. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.  [R.]  Spenser.
   
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   2. To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.  Tennyson.
   
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