Obs. rare–1. [f. prec. sb.; cf. OF. cauteler, cauteller ‘to deceiue, beguile, cousen’ (Cotgr.).] trans. To devise cunningly or craftily.
1603. Harsnet, Pop. Impost., 62. It was wisely cauteled by the penner of these sauory miracles … why Sara … should be more deuil-haunted, then any of the possessed men.
