diabolify
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -fy.
Verb
editdiabolify (third-person singular simple present diabolifies, present participle diabolifying, simple past and past participle diabolified)
- (transitive) To 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
- a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
References
edit- “diabolify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.