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bewile

/bɪˈwaɪl/

bewile verb: to delude; deceive; beguile.

Verb

bewile (third-person singular simple present bewiles, present participle bewiling, simple past and past participle bewiled)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To delude; deceive; beguile.
    • He was utterly bewitched and bewiled by her beauty, and upon the following day an opportunity to prove his devotion occurred.1865, Ballou's monthly magazine
    • Whomever else I might bewile, I loved him well, sorry.1895, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot

bewile meaning in Bengali

bewile in Bengali

প্রতারণা করা, বিভ্রান্ত করা

Forms of bewile

third-person singular presentbewiles
present participlebewiling
past participlebewiled
pastbewiled

Origin of bewile

From Middle English biwilen, biwiȝelien (“to delude, deceive”), from Old English *bewīlian, *bewiġlian. Equivalent to be- + wile. Doublet of beguile.

Words that rhyme with bewile

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Questions about bewile

What does bewile mean?
Bewile means to delude; deceive; beguile.
What is bewile in Bengali?
Bewile in Bengali is প্রতারণা করা, বিভ্রান্ত করা. See Bewile meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bewile?
Bewile is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewile?
Bewile is pronounced /bɪˈwaɪl/.
What is the past tense of bewile?
The past tense of bewile is bewiled.

Words near bewile in the dictionary

  1. bewilderingness
  2. bewilderings
  3. bewilderment
  4. bewilderments
  5. bewilders
  6. bewile
  7. bewiled
  8. bewiles
  9. bewiling
  10. bewill
  11. bewilled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bewile (page history and authors); bewile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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