ile

I1L1E1
/aɪl/

A form of ail — To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

CommonScrabble 3

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ile1

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of ail (“awn”).

ile2

nounile (plural iles)

plural iles

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of aisle.

    A couple of arches , one above the other , rising from the columns , run along the rows ; and from the same basis springs an arch that forms the roof of each ile

    1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776

ile3

nounile (plural iles)

plural iles

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of isle.

    or spread his aerie flight / Upborn with indefatigable wings / Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive / The happy Ile

    1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

Ile4

contraction
  1. contractionobsoleteObsolete spelling of I'll.

    Ile write to my lord ſhe's dead: O Imogen! / Safe mayſt thou wander, ſafe returne agen.

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], page 385, column 1
proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Isle.

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APA

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“ile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ile. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ile.

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