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    wiles
    wiles /waɪlz/ noun [plural]
     Date: 1100-1200
     Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old North French wile (singular), from Old French guile; ⇨ guile
    clever talk or tricks used to persuade someone to do what you want:
        It was impossible to resist her feminine wiles.