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† maleˈficial, a. Obs.
[f. L. malefici-um (see malefice) + -al1.]
Malefic, maleficent.
1601Holland Pliny II. 231 Such sorceries and maleficiall poisons, as men haue deuised..to the mischiefe of their own kind. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. vi. §14 A law so maleficial unto them. 1811–31Bentham Ess. Lang. Wks. 1843 VIII. 319/1 Formation of new words on the ground of analogy. Example..from beneficial, maleficial. |