Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wile

Wile , noun

[Old English wile, Anglo-Saxon wīl; compare Icelandic v{not transcribed}l, val. Compare Guile.]

A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — Eph. vi. 11
Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. — Milton

Wile , transitive verb

1.
To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure. [Rare] — Spenser
2.
To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly. — Tennyson