Definition of Werewolf

Were´wolf`
n.1.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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