debel

English

Etymology

Compare French débeller. See debellate.

Verb

debel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
    • John Milton, Paradise Regained, b. iv.
      Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from heaven cast With all his army.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for debel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *debelъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ̀ːbɛw/
  • Tonal orthography: débeł

Adjective

dêbel (comparative debelêjši, superlative nàjdebelêjši)

  1. thick
  2. fat

Declension
Declension of debel (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative debel ind
debeli def		 debela debelo
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim debelo debelo
genitive debelega debele debelega
dative debelemu debeli debelemu
locative debelem debeli debelem
instrumental debelim debelo debelim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative debela debeli debeli
accusative debela debeli debeli
genitive debelih debelih debelih
dative debelima debelima debelima
locative debelih debelih debelih
instrumental debelima debelima debelima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative debeli debele debela
accusative debele debele debela
genitive debelih debelih debelih
dative debelim debelim debelim
locative debelih debelih debelih
instrumental debelimi debelimi debelimi
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