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maleficiated

maleficiated is the simple past and past participle of maleficiate.

Meaning of maleficiate

Verb

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

  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 maleficiated1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

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Questions about maleficiated

What is maleficiated the simple past and past participle of?
Maleficiated is the simple past and past participle of maleficiate.

Words near maleficiated in the dictionary

  1. malefices
  2. maleficial
  3. maleficiaries
  4. maleficiary
  5. maleficiate
  6. maleficiated
  7. maleficiating
  8. maleficiation
  9. maleficience
  10. maleficient
  11. maleficiently

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