divel
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪˈvɛl/, /dɪˈvɛl/
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Verb
divel (third-person singular simple present divels, present participle divelling, simple past and past participle divelled)
- (obsolete) To rend apart.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- [eyelids] may be eaſily divelled or parted aſunder
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- diuel, Diuel
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪvɪl/
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Noun
divel (plural divels)
- (dialect or archaic) Alternative spelling of devil.