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wille
English
Noun
wille (plural willes)
- Obsolete spelling of will
Verb
wille
- Obsolete spelling of will
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
wille
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of willen
Noun
wille
- (archaic) Dative singular form of wil
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch willo, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.
Noun
wille m or f
- will, wish
- want, desire
- inclination, disposition
- what one desires, wants
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: wil
- Afrikaans: wil
- Limburgish: wil
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
wille
- first-person singular present indicative of willen
Further reading
- “wille (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wille (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Adverb
wille
- (rare) Alternative form of wel
Old English
Verb
wille
- first-person singular present indicative of willan
- third-person singular present indicative of willan
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wile
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
- Homophone: while
Etymology 1
From Middle English wile, wyle, from Old Northern French wile (“guile”) and Old English w?l (“wile, trick”) and wi?le (“divination”), from Proto-Germanic *w?l? (“craft, deceit”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”)) and Proto-Germanic *wigul?, *wihul? (“prophecy”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to consecrate, hallow, make holy”)). Cognate with Icelandic vél, væl (“artifice, craft, device, fraud, trick”), Dutch wijle.
Noun
wile (plural wiles)
- (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
- He was seduced by her wiles.
Synonyms
- beguilement
- allurement
Derived terms
- wileful
- wily
Related terms
- guile
Translations
Verb
wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)
- To entice or lure
Derived terms
- bewile
- outwile
Etymology 2
The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hw?len, "passing, transitory". It is also seen in whilend, "temporary, transitory". But since wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.
Verb
wile
- Misspelling of while (“to pass the time”).
- Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.
References
- Grammarist.com While away or wile away?
- Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away
Anagrams
- Lewi, Liew, Weil, lwei
Mapudungun
Noun
wile (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- tomorrow
Synonyms
- ule
- wvle
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English w?l, wi?le (“wile, trick”), cognate with Old Norse vél (“artifice, craft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?l(?)/
Noun
wile
- wile, trick, artifice
- a sorcerer
Derived terms
- wili
Descendants
- English: wile
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?i.l?/
Noun
wile m
- locative/vocative singular of wi?
Noun
wile f
- dative/locative singular of wi?a
Further reading
- wile in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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