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Guile

Guile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Guile? [n] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [n] the quality of being crafty [n] shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Synonyms \| Synonyms for Guile: chicanery \| craft \| craftiness \| craftiness \| cunning \| deceitfulness \| foxiness \| shenanigan \| slyness \| trickery \| wile \| wiliness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Guile: acuteness \| art \| artfulness \| artifice \| astuteness \| cageyness \| callidity \| canniness \| cleverness \| craft \| craftiness \| cunning \| cunningness \| deceit \| deceitfulness \| dissemblance \| dissimulation \| duplicity \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| fine Italian hand \| finesse \| foxiness \| furtiveness \| gamesmanship \| hypocrisy \| indirection \| ingeniousness \| insidiousness \| inventiveness \| Italian hand \| one-upmanship \| readiness \| resourcefulness \| satanic cunning \| sharpness \| shiftiness \| shrewdness \| slipperiness \| slyness \| sneak attack \| sneakiness \| sophistry \| stealth \| stealthiness \| subtilty \| subtleness \| subtlety \| suppleness \| surreptitiousness \| treacherousness \| trickiness \| underhandedness \| wariness \| wiles \| wiliness \| wit See Also \| astuteness \| deceit \| deception \| disingenuousness \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| dupery \| fraud \| fraudulence \| hoax \| humbug \| jugglery \| perspicaciousness \| perspicacity \| put-on \| shrewdness Guile In Webster's Dictionary \Guile\, 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. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. --Milton. \Guile\, v. t. [OF. guiler. See {Guile}, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Guile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Guile?

[n] the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
[n] the quality of being crafty
[n] shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Guile In Webster's Dictionary

\Guile\, 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.

      Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John
                                               i. 47.

      To wage by force or guile eternal war.   --Milton.


\Guile\, v. t. [OF. guiler. See {Guile}, n.]
To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

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