Bewile

Origin

From Middle English biwilen, biwiȝelien ("to delude, deceive"), from Old English *bewīlian, *bewiġlian, equivalent to - + wile.

Full definition of bewile

Verb

1. (transitive) To delude; deceive; beguile.
• 1865, Ballou's monthly magazine:He was utterly bewitched and bewiled by her beauty, and upon the following day an opportunity to prove his devotion occurred.
• 1895, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot:Whomever else I might bewile, I loved him well, sorry.
• 1966, The Nepalese perspective:Unashamedly I bewiled my sorrow, exclaiming at every footstep, and passionately declaims that getting on that bus at Bhaktapur was the only pleasure left in life to look forward to, ...
• 1987, Yun Chi-Ho's Diary, Vol. 8:... denouncing the Korean rich who oppress the poor; bewiling the fate of the Korean geniuses and heroes who have no means to develope their talents, declaring that the Bolsheviks and Communists are righteous robbers; ...
• 1995, Constance O'Banyon, La Flamme:To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me, which though it alter not love's sole effect, yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight. I may not evermore acknowledge thee, lest my bewiled guilt should do thee shame.