whiles

whiles

 (wīlz, hwīlz)

conj. Archaic

While.

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[Middle English : while, while; see while + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -s³.]

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whiles

(waɪlz; Scottish hwəɪlz)

adv

at times; occasionally

conj

while; whilst

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whiles

(ʰwaɪlz, waɪlz)

conj.

Archaic. while.

[1175–1225]

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