Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sorcery, or the art of poisoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act or practice of poisoning.
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- noun obsolete The act or practice of
poisoning .
Etymologies
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Latin veneficium
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Examples
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Those who are stricken in this manner have seen no one, and they go mad or die without suspecting the venefice.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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These are they which have carried the venefice, obedient to the command of the master of black magic, Canon Docre! '
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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