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   malign , a. [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant.]
   Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
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   Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
   Bacon.
   
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   Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
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   Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.]
   Bacon.
   
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   Malign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.]
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   The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.
   Spenser.
   
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   To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
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   To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
   South.
   
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   Malign, v. i. To entertain malice. [Obs.]
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