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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wile

/wīl/ · IPA /waɪl/
01 n. A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.
  1. 1.
    To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.[R.]
  2. 2.
    To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.