maleficial (cas sh)

jurious, hurtful. Burke: On the Policy [MALEFIC.] In "Pa ing a law so maleficial unto them."-Fuller: Church Hist., III. vi. 14. *măl-e-fic-I-ate (c as sh), v.t. [Low Latin malefic i at us , pa. par. of maleficio , from Lat. male ficium an evil deed, hurt, witchcraft.] To be witch, to hurt, to harm. "Every person that comes near him is malefic i a ted ."Burton: Anat. of Melancholy , p. 181. *mal-e-fic-I-ā-tion (c as sh), s. [MALEFIC I ATE.] A bewitching.