Meanings
verbdiabolify (third-person singular simple present diabolifies, present participle diabolifying, simple past and past participle diabolified)
present singular third person diabolifies · participle present diabolifying · participle past diabolified · past diabolified
- transitiveTo ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon One faction turneth them againſt another; the Lutherane againſt the Calviniſt, and diabolifieth him
Origin
- Latindiabolus“devil”
- Englishdiabolify
From Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -fy.
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