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immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. The demon kind is of an inSydenham.

A female demon.

The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.

of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.

A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon. The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire. Bates.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. Thackeray.

In a demoniacal manner.

The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.

Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonian spirits." Milton.

The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.

See Demonianism. [R.]

Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." Lowell.

The belief in demons or false gods. The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer.

A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.

To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.

The power or government of demons. A demonocracy of unclean spirits. H. Taylor.

A demonologist. [R.] Am. Cyc.

The worship of demons.

One versed in demonology. R. North.