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Verb: maledict  'ma-lu,dikt
Usage: archaic
  1. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    "The bad witch maledicted the child";
    - curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], imprecate, dang [N. Amer, informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal]
Adjective: maledict  'ma-lu,dikt
Usage: archaic
  1. Under a curse
    "The maledict treasure brought misfortune to all who possessed it";
    - accursed, accurst [archaic]

Derived forms: maledicts, maledicted, maledicting

See also: cursed, curst [archaic]

Type of: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, raise

Encyclopedia: Maledict