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de⋅mon⋅ize

  [dee-muh-nahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
2. to subject to the influence of demons.
Also, especially British, de⋅mon⋅ise.

Origin:
1815–25; < ML daemonizāre, equiv. to LL daemon demon + -izāre -ize

Related forms:
de⋅mon⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·mon·ize   (dē'mə-nīz')   
tr.v.   de·mon·ized, de·mon·iz·ing, de·mon·iz·es
  1. To turn into or as if into a demon.
  2. To possess by or as if by a demon.
  3. To represent as evil or diabolic: wartime propaganda that demonizes the enemy.
de'mon·i·za'tion (-mə-nĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Demonize

De"mon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Demonizing.] [Cf. LL. daemonizare to be possessed by a demon, Gr. ?.]

1. To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.

2. To control or possess by a demon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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