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MALEDICT

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Under a curse

Synonyms:

accursed; accurst; maledict

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Example:

The bad witch cursed the child

Synonyms:

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "maledict" is one way to...):

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

malediction (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult))

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