Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MALATE

MAL'ATE, noun [Latin malum, an apple.] A salt formed by the malic acid, the acid of apples, combined with a base.

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MALAXATE

MAL'AXATE, verb transitive To soften; to knead to softness.

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MALAXATION

MALAXA'TION, noun The act of moistening and softening; or the forming of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. [Little used.]

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MALCONFORMATION

MALCONFORMA'TION, noun Ill form; disproportion of parts.

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MALCONTENT

MAL'CONTENT, noun [mal and content.] A discontented subject of government; one who murmurs at the laws and administration, or who manifests his uneasiness by overt acts, as in s...

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MALCONTENTED

MALCONTENT'ED, adjective Discontented with the laws or the administration of government; uneasy; dissatisfied with the government.The famous malcontent earl of Leicester.

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MALCONTENTEDLY

MALCONTENT'EDLY, adverb With discontent.

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MALCONTENTEDNESS

MALCONTENT'EDNESS, noun Discontentedness with the government; dissatisfaction; want of attachment to the government, manifested by overt acts.

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MALE

MALE, adjective [Latin masculus, from mas, maris.]1. Pertaining to the sex that procreates young, and applied to animals of all kinds; as a male child; a male beast, fish, or fo...

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MALEDICENCY

MALEDIC'ENCY, noun [Latin maledicentia; male and dico.]Evil speaking; reproachful language; proneness to reproach. [Little used.]

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MALEDICENT

MAL'EDICENT, adjective Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Little used.]

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MALEDICTION

MALEDIC'TION, noun [Latin maledictio; male, evil, and dico, to speak.]Evil speaking; denunciation of evil; a cursing; curse or execration.

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MALEFACTION

MALEFAC'TION, noun [Latin male, evil, and facio, to do.]A criminal deed; a crime; an offense against the laws. [Little used.]

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MALEFACTOR

MALEFAC'TOR, noun [supra.] One who commits a crime; one guilty of violating the laws, in such a manner as to subject him to public prosecution and punishment, particularly to ca...

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MALEFICE

MAL'EFICE, noun An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Not in use.]

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MALEFICIATE

MALEFI'CIATE, verb transitive To bewitch. [Not in use.]

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MALEFICIATION

MALEFICIA'TION, noun A bewitching. [Not in use.]

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MALEFICIENCE

MALEFI'CIENCE, noun [Latin maleficientia.]The doing of evil, harm or mischief.

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MALEFICIENT

MALEFI'CIENT, adjective Doing evil, harm or mischief.

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MALENGINE

MALEN'GINE, noun Guile; deceit. [Not in use.]

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MALET

MAL'ET, noun A little bag or budget; a portmanteau. [Not used.]

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MALEVOLENCE

MALEV'OLENCE, noun [Latin malevolentia; malum, evil, and volens, volo, to will.] Ill will, personal hatred; evil disposition towards another; enmity of heart; inclination to inj...

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MALEVOLENT

MALEV'OLENT, adjective Having an evil disposition towards another or others; wishing evil to others; ill disposed, or disposed to injure others. A malevolent heart rejoices in t...

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MALEVOLENTLY

MALEV'OLENTLY, adverb With ill will or enmity; with the wish or design to injure.

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MALEVOLOUS

MALEV'OLOUS, adjective Malevolent. [Not in use.]

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MALFEASANCE

MALFE'ASANCE, noun Evil doing; wrong; illegal deed.

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MALFORMATION

MALFORMA'TION, noun [mal and formation.] Ill or wrong formation; irregular or anomalous formation or structure of parts.