Meanings
verbdebel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)
present singular third person debels · participle present debelling · participle past debelled · past debelled
- obsoletetransitiveTo conquer.
Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from heaven cast With all his army.
1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
Origin
Compare French débeller. Doublet of debellate.
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Rhymes with debel
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APA
debel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debel
MLA
“debel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debel.
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