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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 326 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WARLOCK , a wizard, sorcerer or magician (see MAGIC) . The word in O . Eng. is wcerloga, literally "a liar against the truth," from wet., truth, cognate with See also:

Lat. verism (cf . Ger. wahr), and Toga, liar, from Mogan, to See also:

lie (cf . Ger. lugen) . It was thus used with the meaning of a traitor, deceiver, a breaker of a truce . In M . Eng. it is found as a name for the See also:

DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil (warloghe), the See also:

arch liar and deceiver . The use of the word for a sorcerer or wizard, one whose magic See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers are gained by his See also:

LEAGUE

league with the devil, seems to be a See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

ENGLISH

English or Scottish use .

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