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vampirize

verb

Etymology

From vampire + -ize.

  1. derived from *ōpur✻ — “glutton, witch, evil spirit”
  2. derived from *ǫpyrь✻
  3. derived from vàmpīr//ва̀мпӣр
  4. derived from Vampir
  5. borrowed from vampire
  6. formed as vampirize — “vampire + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To make into a vampire.

  2. To drain the resources or life force of.

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