undevil
/ʌnˈdɛvɪl/
undevil verb: to free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise or to make less devilish.
Verb
undevil (third-person singular simple present undevils, present participle (US) undeviling or (UK) undevilling, simple past and past participle (US) undeviled or (UK) undevilled)
- To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise or to make less devilish.
- The boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting […] would not be undevilled by all their exorcisms.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
- [...] for the following day, the flowers were watered a quarter of an hour earlier than usual, and the bulfinch was allowed to perch on her finger and chirruped to, with a degree of innocent tenderness that would have undeviled Mephistophiles.1841, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Cecil
Forms of undevil
| third-person singular present | undevils |
|---|---|
| present participle US | undeviling |
| present participle UK | undevilling |
| past participle US | undeviled |
| past US | undeviled |
| past participle UK | undevilled |
| past UK | undevilled |
Origin of undevil
From un- + devil.
Words formed from undevil
Questions about undevil
- What does undevil mean?
- Undevil means to free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise or to make less devilish.
- What part of speech is undevil?
- Undevil is a verb.
- How do you pronounce undevil?
- Undevil is pronounced /ʌnˈdɛvɪl/.
- What is the past tense of undevil?
- The past tense of undevil is undeviled.
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