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   Werewolf , n.; pl. Werewolves . [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. √285.  See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.] 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.
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   The werwolf went about his prey.
   William of Palerne.
   
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   The brutes that wear our form and face,
   The werewolves of the human race.
   Longfellow.
   
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