Part 6775

<h1>Malefactress</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fac"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female malefactor.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Malefeasance</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Male*fea"sance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Malfeasance</er>.</def>

<h1>Malefic</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Ma*lef"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maleficus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>mal\'82fique</ets>. See <er>Malefaction</er>.]</ety> <def>Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Malefice</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"e*fice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maleficium</ets>: cf. F. <ets>mal\'82fice</ets>. See <er>Malefactor</er>.]</ety> <def>An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maleficence</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Ma*lef"i*cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maleficentia</ets>. Cf. <er>Malfeasance</er>.]</ety> <def>Evil doing, esp. to others.</def>

<h1>Maleficent</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Ma*lef"i*cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Malefic</er>.]</ety> <def>Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.</def>

<h1>Maleficial</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fi"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Injurious.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Maleficiate</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fi"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>maleficiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>maleficiare</ets> to bewitch, fr. L. <ets>maleficium</ets>. See <er>Malefice</er>.]</ety> <def>To bewitch; to harm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Maleficiation</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fi`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bewitching.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maleficience</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fi"cience</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Maleficence</er>.]</ety> <def>The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.</def>

<h1>Maleficient</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`e*fi"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Maleficent</er>.]</ety> <def>Doing evil, harm, or mischief.</def>

<h1>Maleformation</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Male`for*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Malformation</er>.</def>