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maledict

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mal⋅e⋅dict

  [mal-i-dikt] Archaic.
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–adjective
1. accursed.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put a curse on.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL maledictus accursed, L: ptp. of maledīcere to speak ill of, abuse, equiv. to male- male- + dīcere to say
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mal·e·dict   (māl'ĭ-dĭkt')   
adj.  Accursed.
tr.v.   mal·e·dict·ed, mal·e·dict·ing, mal·e·dicts
To pronounce a curse against.

[Middle English maladicte, from Latin maledictus, past participle of maledīcere, to curse : male, ill; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots + dīcere, to speak; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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