Meaning

1 senses

  1. To deceive, beguile, bewile.

    irreleiten, irreführen

    обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I refuse to be taken in by her guile.

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  2. He who discards his brother through guile, won't find him when he looks for him.

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  3. Being totally open and honest isn't always the best idea. These kinds of negotiations require some guile.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to deceive, to beguile:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deceive, to beguile:

Origin

From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), fro

From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), from Frankish *wīl (“ruse”), from Proto-Germanic *wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with wile.

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Forms

guiles, guiling, guiled, guiled
Base formguile · to guile
3rd person singularguiles
Present participleguiling
Past simpleguiled
Past participleguiled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguile
he, she, itguiles

Past simpleLesson

all personsguiled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guiled
he, she, ithas guiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guile

Word family

4 related words
Relatedwile
Derivedbeguileguilefulguileless

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guidelineB2guildguilderguillotineguiltB1
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