malign \ma*lign"\, a. [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of
         a
   bad kind or nature; malus bad + the root of genus
         birth,
   race, kind: cf. F. malin, masc., maligne, fem.
         See Malice,
   Gender,
         and cf. Benign,
         Malignant.]
   1.
         Having an evil
         disposition toward others; harboring
      violent enmity;
         malevolent; malicious; spiteful; --
      opposed to
         benign.
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            Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
                                                  --Bacon.
     
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   2. Unfavorable; unpropitious;
         pernicious; tending to injure;
      as, a malign aspect of
         planets.
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   3. Malignant; as, a
         malign ulcer. [R.] --Bacon.
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