devil

dev·il

D0179400 (dĕv′əl)n.1. often Devil In many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God. Used with the.2. A subordinate evil spirit; a demon.3. A wicked or malevolent person.4. A person: a handsome devil; the poor devil.5. An energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever person.6. Printing A printer's devil.7. A device or machine, especially one having teeth or spikes and used for tearing.8. An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: has a devil of a temper.9. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: gave me the devil for cutting class.10. Informal Used as an intensive: Who the devil do you think you are?tr.v. dev·iled, dev·il·ing, dev·ils or dev·illed or dev·il·ling 1. To season (food) heavily.2. To annoy, torment, or harass.3. To tear up (cloth or rags) in a toothed machine.Idioms: between the devil and the deep blue sea Between two equally unacceptable choices. full of the devil Very energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever. give the devil his due To give credit to a disagreeable or malevolent person. go to the devil1. To be unsuccessful; fail.2. To become depraved.3. Used in the imperative to express anger or impatience. play the devil with To upset or ruin. the devil take the hindmost Let each person follow self-interest, leaving others to fare as they may. the devil to pay Trouble to be faced as a result of an action: There'll be the devil to pay if you allow the piglets inside the house.

[Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Late Greek diabolos, from Greek, slanderer, from diaballein, to slander : dia-, dia- + ballein, to hurl; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

devil

(ˈdɛvəl) n1. (Theology) theol (often capital) the chief spirit of evil and enemy of God, often represented as the ruler of hell and often depicted as a human figure with horns, cloven hoofs, and tail2. (Theology) theol one of the subordinate evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief3. (Judaism) theol one of the subordinate evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief4. a person or animal regarded as cruel, wicked, or ill-natured5. a person or animal regarded as unfortunate or wretched: that poor devil was ill for months. 6. a person or animal regarded as clever, daring, mischievous, or energetic7. informal something difficult or annoying8. (Christian Churches, other) Christian Science the opposite of truth; an error, lie, or false belief in sin, sickness, and death9. (in Malaysia) a ghost10. (Civil Engineering) a portable furnace or brazier, esp one used in road-making or one used by plumbers. Compare salamander⁷11. (Mechanical Engineering) any of various mechanical devices, usually with teeth, such as a machine for making wooden screws or a rag-tearing machine12. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) See printer's devil13. (Law) law (in England) a junior barrister who does work for another in order to gain experience, usually for a half fee14. (Physical Geography) meteorol a small whirlwind in arid areas that raises dust or sand in a column15. between the devil and the deep blue sea between equally undesirable alternatives16. devil of informal (intensifier): a devil of a fine horse. 17. give the devil his due to acknowledge the talent or the success of an opponent or unpleasant person18. go to the devil a. to fail or become dissipatedb. (interjection) used to express annoyance with the person causing it19. like the devil with great speed, determination, etc20. play the devil with informal to make much worse; upset considerably: the damp plays the devil with my rheumatism. 21. raise the devil a. to cause a commotionb. to make a great protest22. talk of the devil! speak of the devil! (interjection) used when an absent person who has been the subject of conversation appears23. the devil! (intensifier) a. used in such phrases as what the devil, where the devil, etcb. an exclamation of anger, surprise, disgust, etc24. the devil's own a very difficult or problematic (thing)25. the devil take the hindmost let the devil take the hindmost look after oneself and leave others to their fate26. the devil to pay problems or trouble to be faced as a consequence of an action27. the very devil something very difficult or awkwardvb, -vils, -villing or -villed, -vils, -viling or -viled28. (Cookery) (tr) to prepare (esp meat, poultry, or fish) by coating with a highly flavoured spiced paste or mixture of condiments before cooking29. (Textiles) (tr) to tear (rags) with a devil30. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (intr) to serve as a printer's devil31. (Tools) (intr) to serve as a printer's devil32. (Professions) (intr) chiefly Brit to do hackwork, esp for a lawyer or author; perform arduous tasks, often without pay or recognition of one's services33. (tr) informal US to harass, vex, torment, etc[Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos enemy, accuser, slanderer, from diaballein, literally: to throw across, hence, to slander]

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n., v. -iled, -il•ing (esp. Brit.) -illed, -il•ling. n. 1. a. (sometimes cap.) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. b. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God. 2. a wicked, cruel person. 3. a clever or mischievous person. 4. a person: The lucky devil won the grand prize. 5. Also called printer's devil. a young worker below the level of apprentice in a printing office. 6. any of various devices, often with projecting teeth. 7. the devil, (used as an expletive or mild oath): What the devil do you mean? v.t. 8. to annoy; harass. 9. to prepare with hot or savory seasonings. Idioms: 1. give the devil his due, to acknowledge the accomplishments of someone otherwise considered unworthy. 2. go to the devil, to become depraved. 3. the devil to pay, trouble to be faced as an aftermath. [before 900; Middle English devel, Old English dēofol < Late Latin diabolus < Greek diábolos Satan (Septuagint, NT), literally, slanderer (n.), slanderous (adj.), derivative of diabállein to assault someone's character, literally, to throw across =dia- dia- + bállein to throw]

Devil

See also demons; evil; god and gods; hell; religion; sin; theology.
adiabolista person who denies the existence of the devil.diabolism1. belief in or worship of the devil.
2. Theology. an action aided or prompted by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. — diabolist, n.diabology, diabolology1. the study of the devil.
2. devil lore.Izedismthe beliefs of the Izedis, a Mesopotamian sect said to worship the devil. Also Yezdism, Yezidism. — Izedi, Yezdi, Yezidi, n.monodiabolismbelief in the existence of only one devil. Cf. polydiabolism.Pan-Satanisma Gnostic doctrine that the material world expresses the personality of Satan.polydiabolismthe belief that many devils exist. Cf. monodiabolism.Satanism1. the worship of Satan or evil powers.
2. a parody of Christian ceremonies in which the devil is worshiped. — Satanist, n.Satanophanythe appearance of Satan on earth.Yezdism, YezidismIzedism.

devil

Past participle: devilled
Gerund: devilling

Imperative
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Present
I devil
you devil
he/she/it devils
we devil
you devil
they devil

Preterite
I devilled
you devilled
he/she/it devilled
we devilled
you devilled
they devilled

Present Continuous
I am devilling
you are devilling
he/she/it is devilling
we are devilling
you are devilling
they are devilling

Present Perfect
I have devilled
you have devilled
he/she/it has devilled
we have devilled
you have devilled
they have devilled

Past Continuous
I was devilling
you were devilling
he/she/it was devilling
we were devilling
you were devilling
they were devilling

Past Perfect
I had devilled
you had devilled
he/she/it had devilled
we had devilled
you had devilled
they had devilled

Future
I will devil
you will devil
he/she/it will devil
we will devil
you will devil
they will devil

Future Perfect
I will have devilled
you will have devilled
he/she/it will have devilled
we will have devilled
you will have devilled
they will have devilled

Future Continuous
I will be devilling
you will be devilling
he/she/it will be devilling
we will be devilling
you will be devilling
they will be devilling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been devilling
you have been devilling
he/she/it has been devilling
we have been devilling
you have been devilling
they have been devilling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been devilling
you will have been devilling
he/she/it will have been devilling
we will have been devilling
you will have been devilling
they will have been devilling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been devilling
you had been devilling
he/she/it had been devilling
we had been devilling
you had been devilling
they had been devilling

Conditional
I would devil
you would devil
he/she/it would devil
we would devil
you would devil
they would devil

Past Conditional
I would have devilled
you would have devilled
he/she/it would have devilled
we would have devilled
you would have devilled
they would have devilled

devil

To coat food with a mixture of highly seasoned ingredients (e.g. mustard or hot spices).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Devil - (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of HellBeelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, Prince of Darkness, Satan, the Tempterfaith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, Islam, Islamism - the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"
	2.	devil - an evil supernatural being daemon, daimon, demon, fiendevil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harmincubus - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping womensuccuba, succubus - a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping mendibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
	3.	devil - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"dickens, deuceexclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
	4.	devil - a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard"hellion, hellerbad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
	5.	devil - a cruel wicked and inhuman person fiend, ogre, demon, monsterdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeabledemoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
Verb	1.	devil - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"annoy, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get toget under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentfulruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"fret - cause annoyance inbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"displease - give displeasure to
	2.	devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

devil

noun1. evil spirit, demon, fiend, ghoul, hellhound the image of devils with horns and cloven hoofs2. brute, monster, savage, beast, villain, rogue, barbarian, fiend, terror, swine, ogre the savage devils who mugged a helpless old woman3. person, individual, soul, creature, thing, human being, beggar I feel sorry for the poor devil who marries you.4. scamp, monkey (informal), rogue, imp, rascal, tyke (informal), scoundrel, scallywag (informal), mischief-maker, whippersnapper, toerag (slang), pickle (Brit. informal) You cheeky little devil!the Devil Satan, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, Old One, Deuce, Old Gentleman (informal), Lord of the Flies, Old Harry (informal), Mephistopheles, Evil One, Beelzebub, Old Nick (informal), Mephisto, Belial, Clootie (Scot.), deil (Scot.), Apollyon, Old Scratch (informal), Foul Fiend, Wicked One, archfiend, Old Hornie (informal), Abbadon the eternal conflict between God and the DevilQuotations
"If the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness" [Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov]
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" Bible: Isaiah
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" Bible: I Peter
"The serpent subtlest beast of all the field,"
"Of huge extent sometimes, with brazen eyes"
"And hairy mane terrific" [John Milton Paradise Lost]Proverbs
"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
"The devil looks after his own"
"He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon"
"Talk of the devil, and he shall appear"

devil

noun1. A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person:archfiend, beast, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, tiger, vampire.2. One who causes minor trouble or damage:imp, mischief, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp.Informal: cutup.

Translations

魔鬼可怜的家伙恶棍恶鬼

devil

(ˈdevl) noun1. the spirit of evil; Satan. He does not worship God – he worships the Devil.魔鬼2. any evil or wicked spirit or person. That woman is a devil!恶鬼3. a person who is bad or disapproved of. She's a lazy devil.恶棍4. an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity. Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.可怜的家伙

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devil:

see SatanSatan
[Heb.,=adversary], traditional opponent of God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity. In Scripture and literature the role of the opponent is given many names, such as Apolyon, Beelzebub, Semihazah, Azazel, Belial, and Sammael.
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supernatural being, generally malevolent in character. In general, the more civilized pagan societies came to consider demons as powerful, supernatural beings who lacked the dignity of gods and who, depending on the circumstance, might be either benevolent or malevolent
..... Click the link for more information. ; exorcismexorcism
, ritual act of driving out evil demons or spirits from places, persons, or things in which they are thought to dwell. It occurs both in primitive societies and in the religions of sophisticated cultures.
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The demon Eurynome, Prince of the Dead, from Collin De Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863. Fortean Picture Library.

Devil/Demons

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure: One little word shall fell him.

Thus Martin Luther, in his famous hymn written in 1529, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," assured us we have nothing to fear from the devil as long as our hearts are in the right place.

Devils are not confined to Christianity. Almost all religions have some kind of devils, demons, evil tricksters, and things that go bump in the night as a vital part of their theology. In Western cultures, the term "devil" calls to mind Lucifer, the "Morning Star," or Satan (literally the Satan, meaning "the accuser").

In Christian, late Jewish, and Islamic theology, the devil ("Iblis" to Muslims) is a created being gone wrong. Always masculine, and thus referred to as "he," the devil is not the opposite of God. He is not all-powerful, all-knowing, or able to be in all places at the same time. Instead he is a personal, malignant being, not so much full of hate as empty of love. His power is limited and lies mostly in temptation and in the ability to cause fear. Although he is not, in Genesis at least, associated by name with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, later Christian writers read back into the early Jewish story their developing conception, calling him, in the Book of Revelation, "that old serpent, the devil."

In the book of Job he is the Satan, "the accuser of the brethren." Forced to report in with the rest of the angels after "roaming through the earth and going back and forth on it," he talks God into using the "upright and blameless" Job as a one-man testing ground wherein a cosmic battle of wills takes place between good and evil (Job 1:6-11).

(It is interesting to note that the position of "accuser of the brethren" is still officially being filled on earth. When the Roman Catholic Congregation of Rites nominates someone for beatification or canonization, that person is represented before a papal court by a promotor fidei, or "promoter of the faith." To ensure proper procedure, however, they are opposed by an advocatus diaboli, a "devil's advocate" or "accuser of the brethren.") It is in the New Testament that Satan comes into his own. There he tempts Jesus three times, trying to lure him away from his appointed task (Matthew 4). He tries to get the apostle Peter to talk Jesus out of going to Jerusalem. "Get behind me, Satan!" Jesus yells to a very surprised disciple (Matthew 16:23). After all, Peter had just a moment before heard Jesus say, "Blessings on you." Peter must have learned his lesson because in his first letter he warns Christians to watch out because their "adversary the devil prowls about like a hungry lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). It was Satan who "entered into Judas" (Luke 22:3), prompting him to betray Jesus. He is all over the apostle Paul in the book of Acts. James assures Christians that if they "resist the devil he will flee" (James 4:7). And that's good news, because in Revelation things really heat up. The devil-inspired Antichrist takes over the world for a time. At the Second Coming, Satan is "chained" for a thousand years while Earth gets its breath back (Revelation 20:2). But he is released to try again (Revelation 20:7-10) before finally being thrown into "the lake of fire... there to be tormented for ever and ever."

Who is this creature? Where did he come from and why does God allow all this carnage?

According to the Christian reading of the Hebrew scriptures, Satan once held the position of top angel. His name back then was Lucifer, "the Morning Star" or "Son of the Morning." In the famous lament of Ezekiel 28, God, while addressing the king of Tyre, speaks really to Lucifer when he says,

You were the model of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone adorned you... On the day you were created they were prepared.

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God... You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you... So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God and I expelled you, O guardian cherub... Your heart became proud on account of your beauty... So I threw you to earth.

Thus it is that Isaiah can cry:

How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning. You have been cast down to earth, You who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven, I will raise my throne above the stars of God, I will sit enthroned... I will ascend, I will make myself like the most high." (Isaiah 14:12-15)

But why does God allow Lucifer, now called Satan, to have such power? It's all part of the plan, according to the apostle Paul.

The conservative explanation is this: God knew sin was bad because God knows everything. But the rest of the angels had never seen sin before. They didn't know why saying "I will" five times to God was such a bad thing. If Satan were simply destroyed, the angels would spend eternity in fear, hoping they didn't get "zapped" like Satan and his followers, the fallen angels now called demons. And God wants love in heaven, not fear. So how does God show the angels how bad sin is without endangering heavenly harmony?

A planet is cleared off and prepared as a sin laboratory. Humans are created. Satan is confined to work his wiles for a few thousand years—just long enough to make a real impression. Yes, humans fall. But God shows he is big enough to take the penalty himself. Jesus dies for humans and takes their punishment. After about six thousand years, it's all over. Satan gets the punishment he richly deserves, and the angels, called principalities and powers, come to understand. Satan and his demons fell victim to temptation, but the lesson is eternally imprinted upon the minds of those who keep the faith.

It's a little unclear exactly when Satan and his demonic host were cast out of heaven. Some say it happened before the creation of humans, right in the middle of the first verse of the Bible (see Creationism). But Jesus claims to have seen it happen after the disciples were sent out on their first evangelistic mission in Luke 10:18. Finally, in Revelation 12:9, we are told that "the great dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth and his angels with him." This event doesn't happen until near the end of human history. It is often argued that these are three views of the same event, seen from three different perspectives in time.

This is how Paul sums up the whole experiment in Ephesians 3:

Although I am less than the least of all the apostles, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Humans are rewarded, of course. After all, they were the innocent victims of the whole thing. In the end, angels are made to serve them. Angels, after all, are created beings. But humans, though also created beings, are adopted into God's own family as part of the plan that eventually destroys Satan.

Some questions remain, however.

1. Do all Christians accept this version of the story? Of course not. Christians don't all agree about anything.

2. Do any other religions have a similar story? Yes, Muslims have the same story. At least it starts out the same way. But they give it a different twist. In their version, Iblis, the Satan figure, loves God too much. When the angels are told to bow down to humans, Satan refuses. It's not because of pride, as in the Christian version. It's just that he loves God too much to bow down to anyone else. So Iblis is cast out of the presence of his Beloved. And how does he console himself for all eternity? By remembering the sound of his Beloved's voice and the last words his Beloved said to him. And what were those words? In effect, "Go to hell!"

3. If Satan is a personal being, a fallen angel, why doesn't he look like an angel? Throughout the years the image of Satan has changed with the times. Somewhere along the line, probably as a result of Christians associating him with pagan images, he developed horns, a forked tail, and a pitchfork. Lately he is seen in movies as a briefcase-toting lawyer type who has contracts for your soul available at a moment's notice. Often he takes great delight in torturing the damned in the fires of hell. But none of this is found in the Bible. Hell is his final punishment, not his domain. The deep-seated fears resulting from thousands of lurid stories have caused untold psychological damage to people raised on vivid tales of a loving God who sends people into eternal torment. And, the power of mythology being what it is, it is difficult to simply decide not to believe in, and thus not to fear, such a monster God.

Devil

Satan (in Islam, Iblis), in the teachings of certain religions (Christianity, Islam, and others) an evil spirit or the chief of the evil spirits, the “unclean force” opposed to god and inciting man to sin, the ruler of hell, the personification of evil.

Devil

(Russian, chert, bes), in religious and superstitious representations, an evil spirit, unclean force, or supernatural being. Devils are described in folklore and in works by A. S. Pushkin, N. V. Gogol, F. M. Dostoevsky, and other writers.

devil

[′dev·əl] (engineering) devil float

devil float, devil, nail float

devil float A wooden hand float with nails projecting from each corner; used to roughen the surface of plaster to provide a key for the next coat.

Devil

See also Demon.Devotion (See FAITHFULNESS.)Adramalechleader of fallen angels. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]adversarytraditional appellation of Satan [O.T.: Job 1:6; N.T.: I Peter 5:8]Amaimonking of eastern portion of hell. [Medieval Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 28]ApollyonBiblical name for Satan. [N.T.: Revelation 9:11]Applegate, Mr.devil to whom aging Joe Boyd sells his soul to become a youthful champion outfielder. [Am. Lit.: Wallop The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant; Damn Yankees]Auld Aneliterally, ‘old one’; nickname for demon. [Scot. Folklore: Walsh Modern, 35]Auld HornieScottish appellation for the devil. [Scot. Folklore: Leach, 353]AzazelSatan’s standard bearer. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]Beelzebubprince of demons. [N.T.: Matthew 12:24]Belialchief of fiends. [O.T.: I Samuel 2:12]Cathleensells her soul to the devil in exchange for the souls of starving Irish peasants. [Irish Drama: Yeats Countess Cathleen in Benét, 228]ClootieScottish appellation for the devil. [Scot. Folklore: Leach, 353]Darkness, Prince of“The Prince of Darkness,” alias the Devil. [Br. Lit.: All’s Well That Ends Well]the DeuceNew England appellation for the devil. [Am. Folklore: Leach, 353]Devils, Prince of thebiblical equivalent for Satan. [N.T.: Matthew 9:34]divisdevils shown as cat-headed men with horns and hooves. [Pers. Myth.: Barber & Riches]Eblisdevil and father of devils, called Azazel before his fall. [Islam: Brewer Dictionary 319]Faust(Dr. Faustus) sells his soul to the devil in order to comprehend all experience. [Ger. Lit.: Goethe Faust; Br. Drama: Marlowe Doctor Faustus]Iblis(Eblis) Moslem prince of darkness; chief evil spirit. [Islam: Leach, 513]Lucifera Biblical name for Satan. [O.T.: Isaiah 14:12]Master Leonardgrand-master of sabbats and orgies. [Medieval Demonology: Brewer Handbook, 684]Mephistophelesfiend to whom Faust sells his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Faust]Mysterious Stranger, Thedevil appears as a pleasant stranger, convinces a boy of the falseness of morals and the nonexistence of God. [Am. Lit.: Twain The Mysterious Stranger in Benét, 697]Nickie-Bena Scottish name for Satan. [Scot. Folklore: Wheeler, 258]Old NickSatan himself. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 755]Old ScratchSatan. [Eng. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 973; Am. Lit.: “The Devil and Daniel Webster”]Peter, MeisterGerman euphemism alluding to the devil. [Ger. Folklore: Leach, 353]Satanthe devil himself, source of all evil. [O.T.: Job 1–2]

devil

1. Theol the chief spirit of evil and enemy of God, often represented as the ruler of hell and often depicted as a human figure with horns, cloven hoofs, and tail 2. Theol one of the subordinate evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief 3. Christian Science the opposite of truth; an error, lie, or false belief in sin, sickness, and death 4. Engineering a portable furnace or brazier, esp one used in road-making or one used by plumbers 5. Engineering any of various mechanical devices, usually with teeth, such as a machine for making wooden screws or a rag-tearing machine 6. Law (in England) a junior barrister who does work for another in order to gain experience, usually for a half fee 7. Meteorol a small whirlwind in arid areas that raises dust or sand in a column

Devil

(dreams)Dreaming about devils and demons is usually very frightening and you may awake from fear. The devil does not generally represent something outside of you. It usually symbolizes the most negative and least developed part of you. It may be that part of you that is ignorant and destructive. You can determine the meaning and message in your dream by looking at all of the details carefully. All dreams are good dreams in that they bring unconscious materials to the conscious mind. Only then can you begin to effectively cope with the more unpleasant sides of your personality. Carl Jung called this negative side the “shadow.” The devils in your dreams could be representations of your personal shadow or they could be a glance at the collective shadow.

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noun evil spirit

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noun brute

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noun scamp

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phrase the Devil

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noun a perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person

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noun one who causes minor trouble or damage

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noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God

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noun an evil supernatural being

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noun a word used in exclamations of confusion

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noun a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)

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noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person

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verb cause annoyance in

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verb coat or stuff with a spicy paste

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