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  • 81mal·ice — /ˈmæləs/ noun [noncount] : a desire to cause harm to another person an attack motivated by pure malice She claimed that her criticisms were without malice. with malice aforethought law used to describe a criminal act that was deliberately planned …

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  • 82Forethought — Fore thought , a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. Forethought malice. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83malice — mal ice (m[a^]l [i^]s), n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me las black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. {Mauger}.] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune …

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  • 84Malice prepense — malice mal ice (m[a^]l [i^]s), n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me las black, Skr. mala dirt. Cf. {Mauger}.] 1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or… …

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  • 85Murder — Mur der (m[^u]r d[ e]r), n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. mor[eth]or, fr. mor[eth] murder; akin to D. moord, OS. mor[eth], G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. mor[eth], Goth. ma[ u]r[thorn]r, OSlav. mr[=e]ti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis …

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  • 86Prepense — Pre*pense , a. [See {Pansy}, and cf. {Prepense}, v. t.] Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. [1913 Webster] This has not arisen from… …

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  • 87forethought — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a thinking or planning out in advance ; premeditation 2. consideration for the future II. adjective Date: 15th century archaic aforethought …

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  • 88murder — I. noun Etymology: partly from Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; partly from Middle English murdre, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, Latin mort , mors death,… …

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  • 89Kinky Friedman — Infobox person caption=Friedman contemplates a question from the audience at a campaign rally in Bastrop, Texas birth name=Richard S. Friedman name=Kinky Friedman other names=Kinky nationality=American birth date=birth date and… …

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  • 90Prima facie — (  /ˈpraɪ …

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