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Webster 1913 Edition


Whilst

Whilst

,
adv.
[From
Whiles
; cf.
Amongst
.]
While.
[Archaic]
Whilst
the emperor lay at Antioch.
Gibbon.
The whilst
,
in the meantime; while.
[Archaic.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whilst

WHILST

,
adv.
The same as while, which see. Whiles is not used.