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devilizing

devilizing is the present participle and gerund of devilize.

Meaning of devilize

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

Questions about devilizing

What is devilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Devilizing is the present participle and gerund of devilize.

Words near devilizing in the dictionary

  1. devilisms
  2. devility
  3. devilize
  4. devilized
  5. devilizes
  6. devilizing
  7. devilkin
  8. devilkind
  9. devilkins
  10. devill
  11. Devilla

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