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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Guile

/gīl/ · IPA /ɡaɪl/
01 n. Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.
  1. 1.
    To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.[Obs.]