demon 
Those Demons that are found 
In flre, air, flood, or under ground, 
Whose power hath a true consent 
With planet, or with element. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 93. 
Soon was a world of holy demons made, 
Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd 
To be on earth the guardians of mankind. 
T. Cooke, tr. of Hesiod's Works and Days, i. 
A daemon, in the philosophy of Plato, though inferior to 
a deity, was not an evil spirit, and it is extremely doubtful 
whether the existence of evil daemons was known either 
to the Oreeks or Romans till about the time of the advent 
of Christ. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 404. 
2. An evil spirit; a devil: from the belief of 
the early Christian world that all the divinities 
of the pagans were devils. 
If that same demon, that hath gull'd thee thus, 
Should with his lion gait walk the whole world, 
He might return to vasty Tartar back, 
And tell the legions, I can never win 
A soul so easy as that Englishman's. 
Shak., Hen. V., 11. 2. 
3. Figuratively, an atrociously wicked or cruel 
person; one characterized by demoniac pas- 
sions or conduct. 4. [caj>.] A certain genus 
of Coleoptera. 
demoness (de'mon-es), n. [< demon + -ess.] A 
female demon. 
The Sichemites . . . had a goddess or demoness, under 
the name of Jephthah's daughter. 
J. Mede, Apostasy of Latter Times, p. 31. 
demonetization (de-mon*e-ti-za'shon), n. [< 
demonetize + -ation ; = F. demonetisation.'] The 
act of demonetizing; the condition of being 
demonetized. Also spelled demonetisation. 
The object to be accomplished, by diminishing the 
amount of legal-tender paper, is precisely the same object 
which was sought to be accomplished by the demonetiza- 
tion of silver. N. A. See., CXXVII. 119. 
demonetize (de-mon'e-tiz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
demonetized, ppr. demonetizing. [< L. de- priv. 
+ moneta, money, + E. -ize; = F.demonetiser.] 
To divest of standard monetary value; with- 
draw from use as money ; deprive of the char- 
acter of money. Also spelled demonetise. 
They (gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized 
by the [East India] Company. Cobden. 
Germany and England, in demonetizing silver, have cre- 
ated a money pressure there unparalleled in our times. 
N. A. Re., CXLIII. 101. 
demoniac (de-mo'ni-ak), a. and n. [< ME. demo- 
niak = F. demoniaque = Pr. demoniayx, demo- 
niat = Sp. Pg. It. demoniaco, < LL. darmoniacus, 
< Gr. as if *6ai/iomaK6f, for which only daifioviKo^ 
(whence LL. damonicus, E. demonic), < da!/wv, a 
god, genius, spirit: see demon.'] I. a. 1. Per- 
taining to a demon or spirit. 
He, all unarm'd, 
Shall chase thee, with the terrour of his voice, 
From thy demoniack holds. Milton, P. R., iv. 628. 
2. Produced by demons; influenced by demons. 
Demoniac phrensy, moping melancholy. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 485. 
3. Of the character of a demon; acting as if 
possessed by demons ; wild; frantic; extremely 
wicked or cruel. 
II. n. 1. One who is supposed to be pos- 
sessed by a demon; one whose volition and 
other mental faculties seem to be overpow- 
ered, restrained, or disturbed in their regular 
operation by an evil spirit; specifically, a luna- 
tic. 
Raving and blaspheming incessantly, like a demoniac, 
he came to the court. Macaulay, Hist. Eng. 
In the synagogue was a demoniac, a lunatic with that 
dual consciousness which sprang out of a real or sup- 
posed possession by an evil spirit. 
d. P. Fisher, Begin, of Christianity, p. 437. 
2. [cap.'] One of a section of the Anabaptists 
who maintained that the devils would ultimate- 
ly be saved. Imp. Diet 
demoniacal (de-mo-ni'a-kal), a. Of demoniac 
character or origin; lite a demon; demoniac. 
Demoniacal possession, possession by demons or evil 
spirits. In the New Testament, especially the Gospels, 
persons are spoken of as being possessed with devils. By 
the Rationalistic school of writers these are regarded as 
insane persons, whose condition the popular belief of the 
time ascribed to the influence of evil spirits ; by evangeli- 
cal writers it is believed that evil spirits actually exercised 
a controlling influence over the spirits of men in the time 
of Christ, and that his superior power was attested by cast- 
ing these evil spirits out. 
demoniacally (de-mo-ni'a-kal-i), adv. In a de- 
moniacal manner ; as a demoniac. 
demoniacism (de-mo-ni'a-sizm), n. [< demo- 
niac + -ism.'] The state "of being a demoniac ; 
the practices of demoniacs. 
demonial (df-mo'ni-al), a. [< OF. demonial, < 
ML. 'demonialis, < Gr. 6atfi6viof, of or belong- 
ing to a demon, < Saiuav, demon: see demon.'] 
Of the nature or character of a demon ; relat- 
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ing or pertaining to a demon ; characteristic of 
or performed by a demon or demons. [Rare.] 
No man who acknowledges demonial things can deny 
demons. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 264. 
demonian (de-mo'ni-an), a. [As demonial + 
-an.'] Having the qualities or characteristics 
of a demon. [Rare.] 
Demonian spirits now, from the element 
Each of his reign allotted, rightlier call'd 
Powers of flre, air, water, and earth beneath. 
Milton, P. R., ii. 122. 
demonianism (de-mo'ni-an-izm), n. [< demo- 
nian + -ism.'] Tlie state of being possessed by 
a demon. [Rare.] 
The teachers of the gospel in the fullness of their in- 
spiration must needs be secure from an error which so 
dreadfully affected the religion they were entrusted to 
propagate as demanianism did, if it were an error. 
Warburton, Divine Legation, ix., notes. 
demoniasm (de-md'ni-azm), n. [< Gr. as if 
"Sai/iovtaaftof, < iai/ioviav, also fiaifiovav, be under 
the power of a demon, \ dai/tuv, demon : see de- 
mon.'] The state of being under demoniacal 
influence ; possession by a demon. [Rare.] 
What remained but to ascribe both to enthusiasm or 
demoniasm? Warburton, Sermons, p. 255. (Latham.) 
demonic (de-mon 'ik), a. [< Gr. Sai/u>viK6f, < 
fal/uM, a demon: see demon."] Pertaining to 
or like a demon ; demoniac. Also daemonic. 
He may even show sudden impulses which have a false 
air of daemonic strength, because they seem inexplicable. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xv. 
demonifuge (de-mou'i-fuj), n. [< LL. dmnon, 
a demon, + fugare, put to flight.] A charm 
or protection against demons. 
Of these, Isabella ... I hope was wrapped in the fri- 
ar's garment ; for few stood more in need of a demonifuge. 
Pennant, London, p. 271. 
demonism (de'mon-izm), n. [= F. demonisme; 
as demon + -ism.'] Belief in the existence of 
demons; character or action like that of de- 
mons. 
The established theology of the heathen world . . . 
rested upon the basis of demonism. 
Farmer, Demoniacs of New Testament, i. 7. 
demonist (de'mon-ist), n. [< demon + -4st.'] A 
believer in or worshiper of demons. 
To believe the governing mind or minds not absolutely 
and necessarily good, nor confined to what is best, but 
capable of acting according to mere will or fancy, is to be 
a Demonist. Shaftesbury. 
demonize (de'mon-Iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
monized, ppr. demonizing. [< ML. daimonizare, 
make demoniac, < Gr. 6cu/tovi&a6ai, be under the 
power of a tutelary deity or spirit, in N. T. be 
possessed by a demon.] To subject to the in- 
fluence of demons; make like a demon ; render 
demoniacal or diabolical. 
Man's choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or 
demonize his humanity. Alcott, Tablets, p. 184. 
Christ is now [in his temptation] to have his part in a 
state demonized by evil. 
Bushnell, Forgiveness and Law, p. 158. 
demonocracy (de-mon-ok'ra-si), n. [= F. d6- 
monocratie, < Gr. Saifiuv, a demon, + -Kparia, 
government, < Kparelv, rule, be strong.] The 
power or government of demons. 
demonographer (de-mon-og'ra-fer), n. [= F. 
deinonographe ; < demonography + -eri.] A 
writer on demons and demonology; a demon- 
ologist. 
The demonographers of the sixteenth to the eighteenth 
century continually allude to the flight of Simon Magus 
across the Forum as effected by the aid of demons. 
N. and Q., 6th ser., IX. 4. 
demonography (de-mon-og'ra-fi), n. [= F. de- 
monographte = Pg. demonograpMa, < Gr. 6ai\um, 
demon, + -ypafyia, < ypa<j>civ, write.] The de- 
scriptive stage of demouology. O. T. Mason. 
[Rare.] 
demonolater Jde-mon-ol'a^ter), . [= F. dt- 
A demon- 
worshiper. 
Certain demonolators in the present day, as far as the 
outward evidence of their affliction goes, display as plain 
signs of demoniacal possession as ever were displayed 1800 
years ago. 
Bp. Caldwell, quoted in Oxeuham's Short Studies, p. 421. 
demonolatry (de-mon-ora-tri), n. [= F. de- 
monoldtrie = Sp. demonolatriu = Pg. demonoln- 
tria, < Gr. dalfiuv, a demon, + harpeia, worship.] 
The worship of evil spirits ; the worship of evil 
personified as a devil. 
Demonolatry, Devil-dancing, and Demoniacal posses- 
sion. Up. Caldwell, Contemporary Rev., Feb., 1876. 
demonologert (de-mou-oro-jer), n. [< demon- 
+ -er 1 .] A demonologist. North. 
demonstrate 
demonologic, denionological (de' mou-o-loj'ik, 
-i-kal), a. Pertaining to demonology. 
demonologist (de-mgu-ol'o-jist), . [< demon- 
ology + -int.'] One versed in demonology. 
demonology (de-mon-ol'o-ji), n. [= F. de- 
monologie, < Gr. Saifiuv, a demon, + -foyia, < 
Uytiv, speak: see -ology.] 1. A discourse or 
treatise on demons ; an account of evil spirits 
and their character, agency, etc. 
Demonology, the branch of the science of religion which 
relates to demons, is much obscured in the treatises of old 
writers. Encye. Brit., VII. 54. 
2. The study of popular superstitions concern- 
ing demons or evil spirits. 
demonomagy (de-mon-om'a-ji), n. [< Gr. tai- 
/juv, a demon, + wojof, magic, a magician : see 
magic.'] Magic dependent upon the agency of 
demons. [Rare.] 
The author had rifled all the stores of demonomagy to 
furnish out an entertainment. Bp. Hurd. 
demonomancy (de'mon-o-man-si), n. [< F. de- 
monomancie, < Gr. 6ai/j.uv, demon, + /lavreia, 
divination.] Divination while under the influ- 
ence Or inspiration of the devil or of demons. 
demonomania (de"mon-o-ma'ni-a), . [= F. de- 
monomanie = Pg. demonomania, <. NL. demon- 
omania, < Gr. SOJ.JIJM, a demon, + ftavia, mania.] 
Inpathol., a kind of mania in which the patient 
fancies himself possessed by devils. 
demonomistt (de-mon'o-mist), n. [< demon- 
omy + -ist.~] One who lives in subjection to 
the devil or to evil spirits. 
demonomy (de-mon o-mi), n. [< Gr. daifiuv, 
a demon, + -vofiia (cf . PO//OC, law), < vepeiv, reg- 
ulate.] If. The dominion of demons or evil 
spirits. 2. The deductive and predictive stage 
of demonology. O. T. Mason. 
demonopathy (de-mon-op'a-thi), n. [< Gr. 
6ai/juv, demon, + Trd^of, suffering.] Demono- 
mania. 
demonopolize (de-mo-nop'o-Hz), . t. ; pret. and 
pp. demonopolized, ppr. denionopolizing. [< de- 
priv. + monopolized] To destroy the monopoly 
of ; withdraw from the power of monopoly. 
Since the expiry of the contract the mines [of Colombia] 
have been demonopolized. Eneyc. Brit., VI. 154. 
demqnry (de'mon-ri), n. [< demon + -ry.'] De- 
moniacal influence. [Rare.] 
What demonry, thinkest thou, possesses Varus? 
J. Saillie. 
demonship (de'mon-ship), n. [< demon + -ship.'] 
The state of being a demon. 
demonstrability (de-mon-stra-bil'i-ti), n. 
Demonstrableness. 
demonstrable (de-mon'stra-bl), a. [= Sp. de- 
mostrable = Pg. demonstravel, < LL. demonstra- 
bilis, < L. demonstrare : see demonstrate."] Capa- 
ble of being demonstrated ; susceptible of being 
proved beyond doubt or contradiction. 
The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as 
geometry. Glanville, Seep. Set 
It is demonstrable that light cannot reach our system 
from the nearest of the fixed stars in less than five years, 
and telescopes disclose to us objects probably many times 
more remote. 
Sir J. Ilerschel, in Tyndall's Light and Elect., p. 21. 
demonstrableness (de-mon'stra-bl-nes), n. 
The quality of being demonstrable. 
demonstrably (de-mon 'stra-bli), adr. In a 
demonstrable manner; so as to demonstrate; 
beyond the possibility of doubt ; manifestly. 
He should have compelled his ministers to execute the 
law in cases that demonstrably concerned the public 
peace. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
demonstrancet (de-mon'strans), n. [< ME. de- 
monstraunce, < OF. demonstrance, demoustrance 
(= It. dimostranza), < NL. as if "demonstrantia, 
< L. demonstran(t-)s, ppr. of demonstrare, de- 
monstrate : see demonstrate. Cf. monstrance.'] 
Demonstration; proof; exhibition of the truth 
of a proposition. Holland. 
He leyed them in the mydle of th e cyte, and abode the 
demonstraunce of god. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 158. 
If one or a few sinfull acts were a sufficient demon- 
strance of an hypocrite, what would become of all the 
elect, even the best recorded in Scripture? 
R. Junius, Cure of Misprision. 
demonstratable (dem ' on - stra - ta -bl), a. [< 
demonstrate + -able.'] Capable of being de- 
monstrated; demonstrable. [Rare.] 
It is a fact dynamically demonstratable that the total 
amount of vis viva in any moving system abandoned to 
the mutual reaction of its particles . . . has a maximum 
value which it cannot exceed, and a minimum below 
which it cannot descend. Herschel, Pop. Lectures, p. 469. 
demonstrate (de-mon'- or dem'on-strat), v. t. ; 
pret. and pp. demonstrated, ppr. demonstrat- 
ing, [< L. demonstrate, pp. of demonstrare 
