v. t.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. filled with wonder and delight.
n. The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, beguiles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile. ] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]
To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. guiler. See Guile, n. ] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. --
a. Free from guile; artless. --
n. [ Cf. OF. guileor. ] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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