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Werewolf   Listen
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Werewolf  n.  (pl. werewolves)  A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. "The werwolf went about his prey." "The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race."






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"Werewolf" Quotes from Famous Books



... who, by natural gift or magic art, were thought to have the power of turning themselves for a time into wild beasts (generally wolves or bears). In this animal shape they ravaged flocks and devoured young children. A werewolf was said to sleep only two nights in the month and to spend the rest of the time roaming the woods and fields. Trials of persons accused of being werewolves were held in France as late as the end of the sixteenth century. Even now ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER



Words linked to "Werewolf" :   wolfman, lycanthrope



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