Meanings
ile1
- alternativeAlternative form of ail (“awn”).
ile2
plural iles
- 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
plural iles
- 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
- 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
- alternativeAlternative form of Isle.
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ile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ile
“ile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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