n. A trick or stratagem; anything practised for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.n. Synonyms Manœuver, Stratagem, etc. See artifice.To deceive; beguile; impose on.To lure; entice; inveigle; coax; cajole.To shorten or cause to pass easily or pleasantly, as by some diverting wile: in this sense probably confused with while.n. A Middle English form of while.n. Same as wild, Weald (?).