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other, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak. The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii. 12.

e; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted with blood. Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. 2 Esd. xv. 6.

ally; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. "Incline not my heart . . . practice wicked works." Ps. cxli. 4.

To go in pursuit; to follow. The wicked flee when no man pursueth. Prov. xxviii. 1. Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition. Earle.

there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. Tillotson.

A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." Shak.

ffering: rest. [Obs.] Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked. Milton.

To give in requital or recompense; to requite. The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. 1 Kings ii. 44.

liver; -- with out of. [Obs.] Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. lxxxii. 4.

Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream. All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart. R. Nelson.

Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." I. Taylor.

taining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. "Satanic strength." "Satanic host." Milton. Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. Dr. T. Dwight. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*ness, n.…

A very wicked-person. [R.] Granger.

Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] "Scelestic villainies." Feltham.

To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart.

To cut; to penetrate. [Obs.] The wicked steel scised deep in his right side. Fairfax.

Moral perception or appreciation. Some are so hardened in wickedness as to have no sense of the most friendly offices. L' Estrange.

ng, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49.

Wicked; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.