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mălĕfăcĭo (or separately, mălĕ -cio ), fēci, factum, 3, v. n. male-facio,
I.to do evil, harm, mischief to any one, to injure: “alicui,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11: “neque tu verbis solves umquam, quod mi re male feceris,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10: “tibi,Vulg. 1 Reg. 26, 21.—With contra: “malefacere omnia contra aliquem,Vulg. Jer. 38, 9.—Hence, mălĕfactum (or separately, mălĕ factum ; sync., malfactum , Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185; v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, p. 720 sq.), i, n., an evil deed, injury: benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.): “augere,Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 38.9
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 26.21
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.2
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 1.2
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.18
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.36
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