diabolify

English

Etymology

From Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -fy.

Verb

diabolify (third-person singular simple present diabolifies, present participle diabolifying, simple past and past participle diabolified)

1. (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

References

• “diabolify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.