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malignation|mælɪgˈneɪʃən|
Also 5 malignacion, malynacyon.
[n. of action f. late L. malignāre: see malign v.]
†1. Feeling of dislike or ill-will. Obs.
c1470Harding Chron. vi. i, So stronge then was this generacion None durst it noye for theyr malignacion. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 128 Þat..ony moteryng aȝens me make with malynacyon.
†2. ? A malefic incantation. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 269 Carpocrates..used..malignations, inductions, illictations, &c.
3. The action of maligning or slandering. rare.
1836Mrs. Gore Mrs. Armytage III. 21 Mrs. Armytage..suffered him to proceed with his malignations. 1843G. S. Faber Sacr. Calend. Prophecy (1844) I. p. xvi, An Extensive Suppression of Evidence which stood opposed to the author's purpose of malignation. |