Past tense of guile: to deceive or trick someone through cunning or deceptive means; to beguile.
From 'guile,' coming from Old French 'guile,' of Germanic origin. The verb form means to deceive, though it's less common than the noun form.
English borrowed 'guile' from Norman French, but the original Germanic root makes it one of those sneaky words where the language itself contains deception!
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