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Meaning of "devilling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEVILLING

devilling  [ˈdevəlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEVILLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Devilling is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb devilling in English.

WHAT DOES DEVILLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Devilling

Devilling is the period of training, pupillage or junior work undertaken by a person wishing to become an advocate in one of the legal systems of the United Kingdom or Ireland.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEVILLING

PRESENT

Present
I devilling
you devilling
he/she/it devillings
we devilling
you devilling
they devilling
Present continuous
I am devillinging
you are devillinging
he/she/it is devillinging
we are devillinging
you are devillinging
they are devillinging
Present perfect
I have devillinged
you have devillinged
he/she/it has devillinged
we have devillinged
you have devillinged
they have devillinged
Present perfect continuous
I have been devillinging
you have been devillinging
he/she/it has been devillinging
we have been devillinging
you have been devillinging
they have been devillinging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I devillinged
you devillinged
he/she/it devillinged
we devillinged
you devillinged
they devillinged
Past continuous
I was devillinging
you were devillinging
he/she/it was devillinging
we were devillinging
you were devillinging
they were devillinging
Past perfect
I had devillinged
you had devillinged
he/she/it had devillinged
we had devillinged
you had devillinged
they had devillinged
Past perfect continuous
I had been devillinging
you had been devillinging
he/she/it had been devillinging
we had been devillinging
you had been devillinging
they had been devillinging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will devilling
you will devilling
he/she/it will devilling
we will devilling
you will devilling
they will devilling
Future continuous
I will be devillinging
you will be devillinging
he/she/it will be devillinging
we will be devillinging
you will be devillinging
they will be devillinging
Future perfect
I will have devillinged
you will have devillinged
he/she/it will have devillinged
we will have devillinged
you will have devillinged
they will have devillinged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been devillinging
you will have been devillinging
he/she/it will have been devillinging
we will have been devillinging
you will have been devillinging
they will have been devillinging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would devilling
you would devilling
he/she/it would devilling
we would devilling
you would devilling
they would devilling
Conditional continuous
I would be devillinging
you would be devillinging
he/she/it would be devillinging
we would be devillinging
you would be devillinging
they would be devillinging
Conditional perfect
I would have devilling
you would have devilling
he/she/it would have devilling
we would have devilling
you would have devilling
they would have devilling
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been devillinging
you would have been devillinging
he/she/it would have been devillinging
we would have been devillinging
you would have been devillinging
they would have been devillinging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you devilling
we let´s devilling
you devilling
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to devilling
Past participle
devillinged
Present Participle
devillinging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEVILLING


bevelling
ˈbevəlɪŋ
counselling
ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
disabling
dɪˈseɪb əlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
hovelling
ˈhʌvəlɪŋ
juggling
ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ
labelling
ˈleɪbəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
ravelling
ˈrævəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
revelling
ˈrevəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
signalling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
silverling
ˈsɪlvəlɪŋ
snivelling
ˈsnɪvəlɪŋ
swivelling
ˈswɪvəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ
unravelling
ʌnˈrævəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEVILLING

devil´s food cake
Devil´s Island
devildom
deviless
devilet
devilfish
devilish
devilishly
devilishness
devilism
devilkin
devilled
devilment
devilries
devilry
devils-on-horseback
devilship
deviltries
deviltry
devilwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEVILLING

bestselling
billing
calling
chilling
compelling
controlling
direct selling
drilling
dwelling
falling
feeling
filling
hot-selling
installing
killing
rolling
scrolling
selling
spelling
telling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of devilling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «devilling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEVILLING

Find out the translation of devilling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of devilling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «devilling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

devilling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

devilling
570 millions of speakers

English

devilling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

devilling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

devilling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

devilling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

devilling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

devilling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

devilling
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyembahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

devilling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

devilling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

devilling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Devising
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

devilling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

devilling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devilling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

devilling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

devilling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

devilling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

devilling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

devilling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

devilling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

devilling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

devilling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of devilling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVILLING»

The term «devilling» is used very little and occupies the 158.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVILLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «devilling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «devilling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about devilling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVILLING»

Discover the use of devilling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to devilling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, ...
Some senior barristers used Cornelia for 'devilling'. That was like getting an apprentice to do the work, find the arguments and the precedents, without having to pay them at all, and it was only occasionally and to random listeners that the ...
Richard Sorabji, 2010
2
Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
His name would be reproduced in autograph,with the indispensable portrait. People would seeby his features that hemust havehad them. Wasthe Public so very trustful then? The evidence was there all right. Fraudulent? This wasjust devilling, ...
John Galsworthy, 2013
3
Economic Crisis and Crime
FOLK-DEVILLING. BUSINESS. ACTIVITIES. An important symbolic dimension of moral panics is that the threat posed is seen to be ongoing and must be visualizable in the minds of the public. White-collar crimes are viewed seriously by the ...
Mathieu Deflem, 2011
4
Victorian Vulgarity: Taste in Verbal and Visual Culture
While the story construes "devilling" women as victims of circumstances or their own "ambition," the description spotlights male hacks as vulgar beasts of prey who "flew through the room like vultures ready to pounce down on any little piece of ...
Susan David Bernstein, Elsie Browning Michie, 2009
5
Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture
Cohen's study emerged out of the labelling perspective, and hence emphasized the significance of the dramatization of evil to the folk devilling process. The public degradation ceremony particularly noted by him was the criminal trial, which ...
Claire Valier, 2005
6
Klingensmith ancestry
... and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Milton G. Devilling Sr.; a daughter, Evalyn Devilling, in 1973; a brother, Lester Klingensmith, in 1992; and a sister, Marie Dbmiano, in 1990.
Carmella Corcetti Shirley, 2002
7
A Life of Sir John Eldon Gorst: Disraeli's Awkward Disciple
Devilling consisted of doing work for a barrister who was too busy with his other cases to undertake it all himself. In those days a young barrister might not be paid for devilling, the remuneration for which was entirely a matter for his principal.
Archie Hunter, 2013
8
Lawyers, Markets and Regulation:
Intending advocates then undertake a period of training with an experienced advocate (known as 'devilling') and an examination administered by the Faculty. A solicitor may qualify as an advocate simply by undertaking the period of devilling ...
Frank H Stephen, 2013
9
Child of Another Century: Recollections of a High Court Judge
My own experience as ajunior barrister canbe conveniently divided into two periods: the first was from 1953 to Easter 1957, when my 'devilling' work ceased because MarsJones became aQC; thesecond wasfrom thenuntil Easter1969, when ...
Ronald Waterhouse, 2013
10
A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts
"In theKing's Bench Division, in the case of juniors, it is not uncommon for onecounsel to devil a brief for another: but in thecaseof King's Counselitis veryseldom done." "There is no rule or settled practice governing the remunerationfor devilling ...
Thomas Leaming

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVILLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term devilling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rose reckons golfers should stay relaxed about living dangerously …
... I don't know, anything involving water relaxes me, like spearfishing . . . that's probably the most James Bond-like, dare-devilling thing I get up ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Westwater welcomes three new advocates
Anne Bennie, Vincent Lunny and Jane Rattray have joined Westwater Advocates after successfully completing the Faculty's “rigorous” devilling ... «Scottish Legal News, Jun 15»
3
You, me and Dupree
Melissa DeVilling Soltis · Top Commenter · R.N. at BayCare Health System. Starter. Reply · Like. · June 5 at 5:33am · Facebook social plugin ... «Steelers.com, Jun 15»
4
Acrobat Who Survived Houston Fall Recounts the Ordeal
She and her husband, Pablo, known as the duo Garcia, are part of traveling circus touting dare-devilling acrobatics. I remember in my head just ... «ABC News, Jun 15»
5
Afe Babalola University hosts 48th Nigerian Law Teachers Conference
... said Babalola, as the Chairman of the Opening Ceremony of the Conference, will x-ray the evils be-devilling legal education and the judicial ... «AfricanBrains, Jun 15»
6
For David Cameron, the best answer to the Europe question is a …
The devilling will be in the detail. It's generally thought is that it is better for your side to be the one that asks for a yes. So the question on the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
7
PENGASSAN seeks state of emergency in oil and gas sector
... called on the in-coming Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the industry to address the plethora of issues be-devilling it. «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
8
Namibia's President to deliver first state of the nation's address
... especially from the opposition to demand answers from the president on various economic and social issues be devilling the nation. «StarAfrica.com, Apr 15»
9
'Bloodborne' first impressions: you died
... so providing a definitive review just yet would be unfair, but even though I'm being slaughtered — which is devilling, mind — Bloodborne is ... «gearburn, Mar 15»
10
Australian Grand Prix: Daniel Ricciardo rues frustrating race, fails to …
... Bull suffered a number of difficulties in the lead-up to the F1 season opener in Melbourne, with mechanical and power unit problems devilling ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»

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