"gaslighted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gaslighted (not comparable)
  1. Illuminated by burning gas. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: gas-lighted, gaslit
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gaslighted
  1. simple past and past participle of gaslight Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: gaslight
    Sense id: en-gaslighted-en-verb-dem5cmLi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
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          "ref": "1878, Andrew F. Crosse, “Return to Buda-Pest—All-Souls’ Day—The cemetery—Secret burial of Count Louis Batthyanyi—High rate of mortality at Buda-Pest”, in Round about the Carpathians, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 316:",
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