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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Werewolf  \Were"wolf`\,  n.;  pl  {Werewolves}.  [AS.  werwulf  wer  a 
  man  +  wulf  a  wolf;  cf  G.  w["a]rwolf,  w["a]hrwolf,  wehrwolf, 
  a  werewolf,  MHG.  werwolf.  [root]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. 
 
  The  werwolf  went  about  his  prey.  --William  of 
  Palerne 
 
  The  brutes  that  wear  our  form  and  face,  The  werewolves 
  of  the  human  race.  --Longfellow. 




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