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Webster 1913 Edition


Energumen

Enˊer-gu′men

,
Noun.
[L.
energumenos
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] possessed by an evil spirit, from [GREEK]: cf. F.
énergumène
. See
Energetic
.]
(Eccl. Antiq.)
One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.