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Meaning of malefice | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈmæləfɪs

Definitions

An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.

archaic

Equivalents

Français maléfice

Examples

“On hills like tumuli, and waters mute, A whiteness steals as of a world made still When reptant Death at last rears absolute— An earth now frozen by malefice of eyes Aeonian dooms and realm-deep rigors fill— The gaze of that Medusa of the skies”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

maleficence maleficent maleficiary maleficiation malefit Malegaon

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