GUILES

Verb

guiles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guile

Anagrams

• uglies

Source: Wiktionary


GUILE

Guile, n. Etym: [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.]

Definition: To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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