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wiling

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wiling is the present participle and gerund of wile.

Meaning of wile

Verb

wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)

  1. (transitive) To entice or lure.
    • He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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What is wiling the present participle and gerund of?
Wiling is the present participle and gerund of wile.

Words near wiling in the dictionary

  1. wiliest
  2. Wiliideh
  3. wilily
  4. wiliness
  5. wilinesses
  6. wiling
  7. wiling out
  8. wiliwili
  9. wiliwilis
  10. wilja
  11. wiljas

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