verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise or to make less devilish. archaic, transitive

   "The boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting […] would not be undevilled by all their exorcisms."

Example

More examples

"The boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting […] would not be undevilled by all their exorcisms."

Etymology

From un- + devil.

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