different between whilest vs whiles
whilest
English
Etymology 1
whiles +? -t
Conjunction
whilest
- Obsolete form of whilst.
Etymology 2
while +? -est
Verb
whilest
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of while
- 1843, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Spanish Student, II, iv
- I imagine nothing;
- I see how ’t is thou whilest the time away
- When I am gone!
- 1843, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Spanish Student, II, iv
Anagrams
- whistle
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whiles
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?lz, IPA(key): /wa?lz/
- Rhymes: -a?lz
- Homophone: wiles (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology
From while +? -s.
Adverb
whiles (not comparable)
- (archaic or Scotland) sometimes; at times
- (archaic or Scotland) meanwhile
Conjunction
whiles
- (archaic or dialect) while
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Portia: […] Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV scene i[2]:
- for it so falls out, / That what we have we prize not to the worth / Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, / Why, then we rack the value, then we find / The virtue that possession would not show us / Whiles it was ours.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene ii[1]:
Noun
whiles
- plural of while
Verb
whiles
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of while
Scots
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?lz, IPA(key): /wa?lz/
- Rhymes: -a?lz
Adverb
whiles
- Sometimes
- Whiles thay gang tae the strand, but maistly tae the bens- Sometimes they go to the beach, but mostly to the mountains
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