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devilize

devilize verb: to represent as a devil.

Verb

devilize (third-person singular simple present devilizes, present participle devilizing, simple past and past participle devilized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To represent as a devil.
    • He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he that should devilize him.1624, Joseph Hall, The Enemies of the Cross of Christ
    • [W]hen his other more momentous Avocations of Pedantry and Pedagogiſm vvill give him an Interval from VVrath and Contention, he vvill ſet apart a Moment to conſider humane Nature Deviliz'd, and give us a Mathematical Anatomical Deſcription of it; […]1726, [Daniel Defoe], “Of Satan’s Agents or Missionaries, and Their Actings upon and in the Minds of Men in His Name”, in The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: […], London...

Forms of devilize

third-person singular presentdevilizes
present participledevilizing
past participledevilized
pastdevilized
alternative formdevilise

Origin of devilize

From devil + -ize.

Questions about devilize

What does devilize mean?
Devilize means to represent as a devil.
What part of speech is devilize?
Devilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of devilize?
The past tense of devilize is devilized.

Words near devilize in the dictionary

  1. devilishness
  2. devilishnesses
  3. devilism
  4. devilisms
  5. devility
  6. devilize
  7. devilized
  8. devilizes
  9. devilizing
  10. devilkin
  11. devilkind

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