debel

See also: débel

English

Etymology

Compare French débeller. See debellate.

Verb

debel (third-person singular simple present debell, present participle ing, simple past and past participle debeled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
   • (Can we date this quote?), John Milton, Paradise Regained:

     Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from heaven cast With all his army.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “debel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• bedel, bleed

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Etymology

Inherited from Romani devel.

Noun

debel m

1. god (in general)

Derived terms

• Debel
• debla
• Ondebel

 

References

• “debel” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̀ːbɛʋ/

Adjective

débeł (comparative debelȇjši, superlative nȁjdebelȇjši)

1. thick
2. fat

Inflection

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Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	debel	debela	debelo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	debel ind debeli def	debela	debelo
genitive	debelega	debele	debelega
dative	debelemu	debeli	debelemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	debelo	debelo
locative	debelem	debeli	debelem
instrumental	debelim	debelo	debelim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	debela	debeli	debeli
genitive	debelih	debelih	debelih
dative	debelima	debelima	debelima
accusative	debela	debeli	debeli
locative	debelih	debelih	debelih
instrumental	debelima	debelima	debelima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	debeli	debele	debela
genitive	debelih	debelih	debelih
dative	debelim	debelim	debelim
accusative	debele	debele	debela
locative	debelih	debelih	debelih
instrumental	debelimi	debelimi	debelimi