Dictionary entry

Demonize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.