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Definition of Devilize
1. Verb. Turn into a devil or make devilish. "Man devilized by war"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Devil, Devil, Devil
Definition of Devilize
1. v. t. To make a devil of.
Definition of Devilize
1. Verb. (transitive) To represent as a devil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devilize
Literary usage of Devilize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... is reproductively impotent and is filled with morbid resentment and jealousy.
No other physical deformity can so far distort and devilize the character. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"... shone The embodied spirit of all that doth degrade And devilize the hearts of
them that groan, In fetters forged by sin—bound to a stock or stone.' -p. ..."
3. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"He that should deify a saint should wrong him as much as he that should devilize
him. Our Romanists exceed this way in their devotions to the cross. both in ..."
4. Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings by Joseph Hall (1837)
"... as he, that should devilize him. Our Romanists exceed this way, in their
devotions to the Cross ; both in over-multiplying and over-magnifying of it. ..."
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