Meaning of malengine | Babel Free

Definitions

Evil intent, bad intention; fraud, deceit.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“But the chaſte damzell, that had neuer priefe / Of ſuch malengine and fine forgerye, / Did eaſely beleeue her ſtrong extremitye.”

“[…]for when the Protectors Brother, Lord Sudley, the Admirall through private malice and mal-engine was to lose his life, no man could bee found fitter than Bishop Latimer[…]to divulge in his Sermon the forged Accusations laid to his charge[…].”

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