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Webster 1913 Edition

Maleficiate

Malˊe-fi′ci-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[LL.
maleficiatus
, p. p. of
maleficiare
to bewitch, fr. L.
maleficium
. See
Malefice
.]
To bewitch; to harm.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maleficiate

MALEFI'CIATE

,
Verb.
T.
To bewitch. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

maleficiate

maleficiate

English

Verb

maleficiate ‎(third-person singular simple present maleficiates, present participle maleficiating, simple past and past participle maleficiated)

  1. (obsolete) To bewitch; to harm.
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Latin

Adjective

maleficiāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of maleficiātus

Etymology

Late Latin maleficiatus, past participle of maleficiare to bewitch.

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