accurse

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Definition of accurse in English English dictionary

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize

Thro' you, my life will be accurst. - Alfred Tennyson.

{v} to doom to misery, devote, curse

Etymology

() Middle English acursien, acorsien; a- + cursien (“to curse”). See curse. The extra <c> is a Latinism.

Tenses

accursing, accursed