Definition of cautel Cautel
We found 5 definitions of cautel from 3 different sources.
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What does cautel mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cautel (n.)
Caution; prudence; wariness. - cautel (n.)
Craft; deceit; falseness.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cautel
kaw′tel, n. (Shak.) craft: insidious purpose: caution: wariness: a traditionary caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.—adj. Cau′telous (Shak.), cautious: insidious: artful. [Fr. cautèle—L. cautela—cavēre, cautum, to guard against.]
