"diabolify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: diabolifies [present, singular, third-person], diabolifying [participle, present], diabolified [participle, past], diabolified [past]
Etymology: From Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -fy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|diabolus||devil}} Latin diabolus (“devil”), {{affix|en|-fy}} -fy Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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