maleficiate

adj, verb — 2 senses

adj

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

cursed; bewitched

verb

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

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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