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The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians.

Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.

To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.

t which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot. Devilish machinations come to naught. Milton. His ingenious machinations had failed. Macaulay.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.

effects apparently supernatural. -- Superstitious, or Geotic, magic, the invocation of devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human beings.

A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [Obs.] Who's this, my mahound cousin Beau. & Fl.

. A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.

Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. Mala in se Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute. -- Mala prohibita Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.

Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] Marston.

Evil speaking. [Obs.] Atterbury.

A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.

A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] Shak.

An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful. [R.] Chaucer.

An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.]

Evil doing, esp. to others.

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.

Doing evil, harm, or mischief.