What does devilled mean?
Devilled means simple past and past participle of devil.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of devil.
"Vexed with a devil;" she is devilled, that is, fully possessed.
But the vials of his wrath were not only poured out on the Papacy, to which repeatedly, even the night before his death he swore undying hatred, but on all who rejected his dogmatic utterances or opposed his imperious will. "Zwingli has become a pagan, Oecolampadius, Carlstadt and the remaining heretics have in-devilled, through-devilled, over-devilled blasphemous hearts and lying mouths, and no one should pray for them. […]"
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Devilled means simple past and past participle of devil.
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"Vexed with a devil;" she is devilled, that is, fully possessed.
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