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Webster 1913 Edition

Malefice

Mal′e-fice

,

Noun.

[L.

maleficium

: cf. F.

maléfice

. See

.]

An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.

[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Malefice

MAL'EFICE

,

Noun.

An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Not in use.]

Definition 2025

malefice

malefice

See also: maléfice

English

Noun

malefice ‎(plural malefices)

(obsolete) An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.

Latin

Adjective

malefice

vocative masculine singular of maleficus

References

malefice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “malefice”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.