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malefacture

malefacture noun: an act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.

Noun

malefacture (countable and uncountable, plural malefactures)

  1. (obsolete) An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.
    • The putred Fountaine, and bitumenous VVell, / From whence all Vice and malefactures ſwell.1635, Tho[mas] Heywood, “The Principats”, in The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders and Offices; The Fall of Lucifer with His Angells, London: […] Adam Islip, page 412
    Antonyms:
    benefacture

Antonyms of malefacture

Forms of malefacture

pluralmalefactures

Origin of malefacture

Borrowed from Latin malefactūrus, future active participle of malefaciō (“to do evil or harm, to injure”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about malefacture

What does malefacture mean?
Malefacture means an act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.
What part of speech is malefacture?
Malefacture is a noun.
What is the plural of malefacture?
The plural of malefacture is malefactures.

Words near malefacture in the dictionary

  1. malefactory
  2. malefactour
  3. malefactours
  4. malefactress
  5. malefactresses
  6. malefacture
  7. malefactures
  8. malefail
  9. malefailed
  10. malefailing
  11. malefails

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