Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of deep-sea eels of the family Nettastomidæ.
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Examples
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And it seemeth his favor was so great as Antonius, in a letter which is recited verbatim in one of Cicero's Philippics, calleth him "venefica" -- "witch"; as if he had enchanted Caesar.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Philippics, calleth him venefica, witch; as if he had enchanted
The Essays 2007
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And it seemeth his favor was so great, as Antonius, in a letter which is recited verbatim in one of Ciceros Philippics, calleth him venefica, witch; as if he had enchanted Cæsar.
XXVII. Of Friendship 1909
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From the best authorities, it appears that the Hebrew word, which has been rendered, venefica, and witch, means a poisoner and divineress -- a dabbler in spells, or fortune-teller.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Charles Mackay 1851
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From the best authorities, it appears that the Hebrew word, which has been rendered _venefica_ and _witch_, means a poisoner and divineress, a dabbler in spells, or fortune-teller.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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[399] The original has "Aut te trajectis Aeaea venefica _lanis_," &c.
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578
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And it seemeth his favor was so great, as Antonius, in a letter which is recited verbatim in one of Cicero's Philippics, calleth him venefica, witch; as if he had enchanted Caesar.
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Sorcery was associated with both venefica and malefica - typically in France - but so too was Witchcraft.
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Pirimedes manus 5,4,8. a Peri - niede difb, venefica apud Theocritum in 'Pharmaceut.
Sex. Avrel. Propertivs varietate lectionis et perpetva adnotatione illvstratvs Propertius, Sextus 1777
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