Werewolf
Were"wolf`
(?), n.;pl. Werewolves (#).
[AS.
werwulf;
wer a man +
wulf a wolf; cf. G.
wrwolf,
whrwolf,
wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG.
werwolf. 285. See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.] 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.[1913 Webster]
The werwolf went about his prey.William of Palerne.
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The brutes that wear our form and face,Longfellow.
The werewolves of the human race.
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{
Werk
(?), n.,Werke
}, v. See Work. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
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