malefic 
II. n. Ill astrol., an inauspicious star or 
planet. 
If the Moon be afflicted by the Sun, the native Is liable 
to Injuries In the eyes, especially if at the same time she 
beaflllcted by 7/Mjk/iataml near nebulous stars, such as the 
1'1,-iuiles. Zadkiel, Oram. of Astrol., p. 393. 
malefically (ma-lef'i-kal-i), adv. In a malefic 
manner; with evil effects. B. A. Proctor, Ec- 
leetic. Mag., XXXV. 188. 
maleficate (ma-lef 'i-kat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
ntiil<'ticate<l,ypr.maleficating. [(malefic + -ate*.] 
To bewitch ; maleficiate. [Rare.] 
What will not a man do when once he is maleficated! 
Sir II. Taylor, Isaac Comnenus, il. 4. 
maleficet (mal'e-fis), . [= F. maUfice = Sp. 
(obs.) Pg. malc'ficio = It. maleficio, malefizio, < 
L. maleficium, an evil deed, mischief, enchant- 
doing; especially, witchcraft. 
Slcknesse, or malefice of sorcerie, or colde drinkes. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
He crammed with crumbs of Benefices, 
Aud flld their mouthes with meeds of malejiccs. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 1164. 
maleficence (mii-lef 'i-sens), i. [Formerly also 
maleficience; = F.m(/aisance(>E. malfeasance) 
= Sp. maleficencia, < L. maleficentia, an evil-do- 
ing, < *maleficen(t-)s, maleficus, evil-doing: see 
maleficent.] The character of being maleficent ; 
the doing or producing of evil. 
Even what on Its nearer face seems beneficence only, 
shows, on Its remoter face, not a little maleficence kind- 
ness at the cost of cruelty. 
U. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 72. 
maleficent (ma-lef 'i-sent), a. [Formerly also 
malefieient; =F. malfdaant, < 1i."maleficen(t-)s, 
equiv. to maleficus, evil-doing, < male, evil, + 
facien(t-)s, in comp. -ficien(t-)s, doing, ppr. of 
facere, do: see malefic.] Doing or producing 
harm ; acting with evil intent or effect ; harm- 
ful; mischievous: as, a maleficent enemy or 
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malopracticet, . An obsolete spelling of mal- 
jirrn'ti' ' . 
maleset, See malease. 
Malesherbia (mal-e-sher'bi-ft), n. [NL. (Ruiz 
and Pavon, 1794), named after Lamoignon de 
Malesherbes, a French patriot and agricultur- 
ist.] A genus of dicotyledonous polypeta- 
lous plants, belonging to the natural order 
Passiflorea; the passion-flower family, typo of 
the tribe Maksherbiea;, characterized by having 
a tubular calyx, petals shorter than the calyx- 
lobes, and flowers in a bracted raceme. They 
are erect woolly undershrnbs, with narrow leaves and 
rather large yellow flowers, arranged in a long leafy ra- 
ceme or thyrse. There are 2 or S species, natives of Peru, 
sometimes cultivated for ornament. These and the spe- 
cies of the allied genus Gymnopieura are sometimes called 
crownwort*. 
synonym of Malesnerbiece, treated by the 
authors as an independent order. 
Malesherbieae (mal'e-sher-bi'e-e), n. pi. u 
(A. P. de Candolle, 1828), < Malesherbia + -ea;.] 
A tribe of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, 
belonging to the natural order Passiflorete, the 
passion-flower family. They are characterized by 
having hermaphrodite flowers; an elongated calyx-tube, 
with triangular awl-shaped lobes,and membranaceous pet- 
als and crown ; five stamens, adherent to t lie stalked ovary : 
and three styles, which are distinct at the base. The tribe 
embraces 2 genera, Malesherbia (the type) and Gymno 
pleura, and about 8 or 10 species, natives of Peru and Chili. 
malesont, A Middle English form of malison. 
male-spirited (marspir'i-ted), a. Having the 
spirit of a man ; masculine. [Rare.] 
That male-spirited dame, 
Their mother, slacks no means to put them on. 
B. Jonton, Sejanus, & 2. 
malestrandt, An obsolete variant of mael- 
strom. 
malett (mal'et), n. [< F. mallette, dim. of malic, 
a sack : see maift.] A little bag or budget ; a 
portmanteau. 
Burke, Policy of the Allies, App. 
maleficialt, a. [< L. maleficus, evil-doing (see 
malefic), + -ial.] Malefic or maleficent. Fuller. 
maleficiatet (mal-e-fish'i-at), v. t. [< ML. 
maleficiatus, pp. ofmalefieiare (>Pg. maleficiar), 
bewitch (f), < L. maleficium, an evil deed, mis- 
chief, enchantment: see malefice.] To do evil 
to; especially, to be witch; affect with enchant- 
ments. 
Every person that comes near him is malefidated; every 
creature, all intend to hurt him, to seek his ruin ! 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 181. 
maleficiationt (mal-e-fish-i-a'shon), . [< ML. 
as if *maleficiatio(n-)',<maleficiare, bewitch : see 
maleficiate.] A bewitching. 
Irremediable Impotency, . . . whether by way of per- 
petual inalejiciation or casualty. 
Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, iv. 19. 
maleficiencet (mal-e-fish'ens), . An obsolete 
form of maleficence. 
maleficientt (mal-e-fish'ent), a. An obsolete 
form of maleficent. 
maleformationt, See malformation. 
maleic (ma'le-ik), a. [< mal(tc) + -e-ic.] De- 
rived from malic acid. Maleic acid, a volatile crys- 
talline acid (C 2 Ha(C0 2 H)o) produced by distilling malic 
old. 
malella (ma-lel'ii), n. ; pi. malella; (-e). [NL. 
(Packard, 1883), dim. of L. mala, jaw: see max- 
illa.] One of two (inner and outer) movable 
toothed appendages of the free fore edge of the 
outer stipes of the deutomala of a myriapod. 
A. 8. Packard, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., June, 
1883, p. 200. 
malencolikt, malencolyt. Obsolete forms of 
mchDu'hol'u', tneldiicliolif. 
malenginet (ma-len'jin), n. . [Also malengin; 
< ME. malenijiiir. mitlniiiyn, < OF. malengin, evil 
contrivance, fraud, guile, < L. mains, evil, + 
ingeniwn, contrivance: see mal- and engine.] 
Guile; deceit; fraud. 
The! seiden thii sholde it feithfully holde with-outen 
fraude or mal enyyn. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 75. 
When the Protectors Brother, Lord Sudley, the Admi- 
rail, through private malice and mal-engine was to lose his 
life, no man could bee found fitter than Bishop Latimer 
(like another Doctor Shaw) to divulge in his Sermon the 
forged Accusations laid to his charge. 
Milton. Reformation in Kng., i. 
maleo (mal'e-6), n. [Cf . malice-bird, which is a re- 
lated bird.] A kind of brush-turkey or mound- 
bird, Alcflaccplutlon mitleo, a native of Olebes. 
of a glossy-black and rosy-white color, with a 
bare neck'and head. See MegacephaloH. 
malepositiont, See i 
maletolte, maletoulte. maletoste, F. maltote, < 
ML. mala tolta or tolta mala, an extraordinary 
or illegal exaction or levy : mala, fern, of L. ma- 
te, bad, evil; tolta (tor*tollita; cf. equiv. tolle- 
tum) (> OF. tolle, toulte), an exaction, levy, tax, 
also a writ transferring a cause from one court 
to another (see tolt), prop. fem. of "toUitus, pp. 
(for L. sublatus) of L. tollere, raise, ML. also 
levy: see tolerate.] Formerly, in France and 
England, an extraordinary or illegal exaction, 
toll, or imposition. 
Hence several remonstrances from the commons under 
Edward III. against the maletoltt or unjust exactions upon 
wool. ilallam. 
This exaction, although Imposed under the shadow of 
parliamentary authority, had distinctly the character of a 
maletoU. Stubbf, Const. Hist, 1 277. 
maletreatt, maletreatmentt. Obsolete forms 
of maltreat, maltreatment. 
malevolence (mSrlev'o-lens), n. [= Sp. Pg. 
matevolencia = It. malavoglienza, malevoglienza, 
< L. malerolentia, ill-will, < malevolen(t-)s, wish- 
ing ill: see malevolent.] 1. The character of 
being malevolent or ill-disposed ; ill-will ; per- 
sonal hatred ; enmity of heart; inclination to 
injure others. 
Frederic's wit enabled him often to show his malevolence 
In ways more decent than those to which his father re- 
sorted. Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
2. That which is done from ill-will ; an act of 
ill-will. [Rare.] 
The king, willing to shew that this their lihcrallity was 
very acceptable to him, he called this graunt of money a 
beneuolence, notwithstanding that many grudged thereat 
and called it a maleuolence. Stow, Edw. IV., an. 1473. 
= 8yn. 1. lU-u-ill, Enmity, etc. See animotity. 
malevolent (ma-lev'o-lent), a. and n. [= It. 
malfvoglientCj < L. m'alevolen(t-)s, wishing ill, 
spiteful, envious, < mate, ill, + volen(t-)s, ppr. 
of relle, will: seeict'W 1 .] I. a. 1. Having an evil 
disposition toward another or others; wishing 
evil to others; rejoicing in another's misfor- 
tune; malicious; hostile. 
The only kind of motive which we commonly judge to 
be Intrinsically bad, apart from the circumstances under 
which It operates, is malevolent affection : that is, the de- 
sire, however aroused, to inflict pain on some other sen- 
tient being. U. Sidymck, Methods of Ethics, p. 342. 
2. In axtrol., tending to exert an evil influence: 
thus, Saturn is said to be a malevolent planet. 
This man 's malevolent in my aspect. 
Beau, and Fl. (i\ Faithful Friends, 111. >. 
Our malevolent stars have struggled hard. 
And lii M us long asunder. Dryden, King Arthur. 
= 8yn. 1. Evil minded, ill-disposed, spiteful, resentful. 
bitter, rancorous, malignant. See animutity. 
malice 
Il.t . A malevolent person or agency. 
He was incens'd by some malevolent. 
Daniel, Civil Wan, IT. 
malevolently (ma-lev'o-lent-li), adp. In a ma- 
levolent manner; with ill'-will or enmity ; with 
the wish or design to injure another or others. 
malevolous (ma-lev'o-lus), a. [= F. malevole 
= Sp. malerolo = Pg. It. malevolo, < L. male- 
volus, wishing ill, < male, ill, + velle (ind. rolo), 
will: see wilO-.] Malevolent. [Rare.] 
Hitherto we see these malevoloui critics keep their 
ground. Warburton, Prodigies, p. 109. 
malexecution (mal'ek-se-ku'shon), n. [< mal- 
+ execution.] Faulty or 'wrong execution; bad 
administration. D. Webster. 
malfeasance (mal-fe'zans), n. [Formerly also 
malefeanance ; < F. malfaisance, evil-doing, 
wrong-doing, < malfaisant, doing evil, wishing 
evil, < mal, evil, + faisant, ppr. otfaire, < L./a- 
cere, do. Cf. maleficence.] Evil-doing; the do- 
ing of that which ought not to be done ; wrong- 
f ulconduct, especially official misconduct ; vio- 
lation of a public trust or obligation; specifi- 
cally, the doing of an act which is positively 
unlawful or wrongful, in contradistinction to 
misfeasance, or the doing of a lawful act in a 
wrongful manner. The term is often inappro- 
priately used instead of misfeasance. 
An account of his malfeasance in office reached England. 
Bancroft, Hist U. 8,7l- 116. 
malformation (mal-fQr-ma'shon), n. [< mal- 
+ formation.] Faulty formation ; irregular or 
anomalous formation or structure, especially 
in a living body ; a deviation from the normal 
form or structure either in the whole or in part 
of an organ. Also, until recently, maleforma- 
tion. 
malformed (mal-f6rmd'), a. [< mal- + form- 
ed.] Ill-formed; marked by malformation. 
One peculiarity is that the malformed fry have a ten- 
dency toward a superabundance of heads rather than 
tails. Sci. Amer., N. S., LVII. 180. 
malgracioust (mal-gra'shus), a. [< F. malgra- 
cieux = It. malgrazioso; as mal- + gracious.] 
Ungracious; ungraceful; disagreeable. 
His figure. 
Both of visage and of stature, 
Is lothly and malgracioui. dower. 
malgradot (mal-gra'do), adv. or prep. [It., = 
OF. malgre: see maugre.'] In despite (of); not- 
withstanding; maugre. 
Breathing in hope, malgrado all your beards 
That must rebel thus against your king, 
To see his royal sovereign once again. 
Marlmoe, Edward II. 
What I have said, 111 pawn my sword 
To seal It on the shield of him that dares, 
Malyrado of his honour, combat me. 
Greene, Orlando Furloso. 
malgre t, n. See maugre. 
malic(ma'lik),a. [<L.wiai 
'lav, an apple (in a wide sense, including quinces, 
pears, pomegranates, peaches, oranges, lemons, 
etc.): see male*.] Pertaining to apples; ob- 
tained from the juice of apples. Malic add, 
C 4 HflO|i, a bibasic acid found in combination in many 
sour friiits, such as the barberry, gooseberry, and particu- 
larly the apple, whence the name. It is most easily ob- 
tained from the fruit of Pyru>aucuparia(monnMn-li or 
rowan-tree), Immediately after it has turned red, but while 
still unripe. It is crystalline, deliquescent, very soluble 
in water, and has a pleasant ai id taste. 
malice (mal'is), n. [< ME. malice, < OF. malice, 
F. malice = Sp. Pg. malicia = It. malizia, < L. 
malitia, badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite, 
< malus, bad: see HHI/I*.] It. Badness; bad 
quality. 
Yf the need 
In landes salt that treen or greynes growe, 
Thou mast anoon on hervest plante or sede 
The malice of that lande and cause of drede 
That wynter with his shoures may of dryre. 
PaUadiut, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 10. 
It hath been ever on all sides contest that the malice 
of man's own heart doth harden him and nothing else. 
Hooter, Eccles. Polity, v., App. 1. 
2t. Evil ; harm ; a malicious act ; also, evil in- 
fluence. 
This noble wyf sat by hir beddes syde 
Dlsshevelyd, for no malice she ne thoghte. 
Chaucer, Good Women, L 1720. 
The! ben fulle of alle Vertue, and the! eschewen alle 
Vices and alle Malices and alle Synnes. 
Mandccillc, Travels, p. 292. 
It is some malice 
Hath laid this poison on her. 
Shirley, Love Tricks, ii. 2. 
3. A propensity to inflict injury or suffering, 
or to take pleasure in the misfortunes of an- 
other or others; active ill-will, whether from 
natural disposition or special impulse ; enmity; 
