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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

maleficiate en · VERB

Etymology

From Late Latin maleficiatus, past participle of maleficiare (“to bewitch”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To bewitch; to harm or curse.
    • every black dog or cat he sees he suspecteth to be a Devil, every person comes near him is maleficiated 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
maleficiating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maleficiates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
maleficiated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maleficiated Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

beglammer · bechat · jinx · effascinate · englamour · becurse · witch · conjure · enspell · enchant · glamour · spellcast · spellbind · bespell · becry · bewitch · spell · mojo · forspeak · maleficiate · ensorcell · hex · hex