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maleficiating

maleficiating is the present participle and gerund 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 maleficiating

What is maleficiating the present participle and gerund of?
Maleficiating is the present participle and gerund of maleficiate.

Words near maleficiating in the dictionary

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

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