"malefice" meaning in English

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          "text": "On hills like tumuli, and waters mute,\nA whiteness steals as of a world made still\nWhen reptant Death at last rears absolute—\nAn earth now frozen by malefice of eyes\nAeonian dooms and realm-deep rigors fill—\nThe gaze of that Medusa of the skies",
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        "(archaic) An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery."
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