WILES

Meaning of WILES in English

[plural] [noun] [formal] - methods of persuasion that cleverly trick someone into doing somethingHe'll have to use all his wiles on her to get her to agree.

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WILES — / waɪlz; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] clever tricks that sb uses in order to get what they want …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WILES — wiles /waɪlz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), …
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WILES — Wiles are clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women …
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WILES — Wiles are clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women …
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WILES — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Am I proud of resorting to stereotypical womanly wiles when I am supposed to be …
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WILES — n. 25B6; plural noun TRICKS, ruses, ploys, schemes, dodges, manoeuvres, subterfuges, artifices; guile, artfulness, cunning, craftiness.
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WILES — lewis
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WILES — Хитрость
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WILES — Хитрость
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WILES, ANDREW JOHN — born April 11, 1953, Cambridge, Eng. British mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem; in recognition he was awarded a special …
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WILY — adjective (wilier; -est) Date: 14th century full of wiles ; crafty , see: sly wilily adverb wiliness noun
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VAMP — I. noun see: vanguard Date: 14th century the part of a shoe upper or boot upper covering especially the forepart …
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INVEIGLE — transitive verb (~d; inveigling) Etymology: Anglo-French enveegler, aveogler, avogler to blind, hoodwink, from avogle, enveugle blind, from Medieval Latin ab …
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BEGUILE — verb (~d; beguiling) Date: 13th century transitive verb to lead by deception, hoodwink , to while away especially by some …
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WILE — I. ˈwīl, esp before pause or consonant ˈwīəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wil, from (assumed) Old North …
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VAMP — I. ˈvamp, -aa(ə)-, -ai- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English vaumpe, vampe, from Old French avantpié, from avant- fore- …
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SNARL — I. R ˈsnärl, chiefly before pause or consonant -rəl, - R ˈsnȧl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English snarle, …
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BEGUILE — bə̇ˈgīl, bē, esp bef pause or cons -īəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English begilen, from be- + gilen …
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VAMP — I. noun Etymology: Middle English vampe part of a hose leg or shoe covering the forefoot, vamp, from Anglo-French, alteration …
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VAMP — [vamp] vb [ [2]vamp] vt (1599) 1 a: to provide (a shoe) with a new vamp b: to piece (something …
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WILE — n. Often, wiles. trick, stratagem, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, dodge, trap, snare, manoeuvre, ploy, contrivance, move, gambit, plot, scheme, machination, Colloq …
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