n. [ Heb. sātān an adversary, fr. sātan to be adverse, to persecute: cf. Gr.
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Satan + Gr. &unr_; to appear. ] An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [ R. ] O. A. Brownson. [ 1913 Webster ]