Meaning of veneficial | Babel Free

Definitions

Poisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.

archaic, dated

Examples

“Why the Goddesses sit commonly crosse-legged in ancient draughts, Since Juno is described in the same as a veneficial posture to hinder the birth of Hercules?”

“[…] 3. The chanting, canting, or calculating witch, who works by signs and numbers. 4. The veneficial or poisoning witch. 5. The exorcist or conjuring witch.”

“[…] utilization of parasitic and predacious insects for the control of crop insect pests. It is expected to find in the tropics many veneficial insects […]”

CEFR level