Verb: maledict 'ma-lu,dikt
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- 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]
Usage: archaic
- 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