accurse
English
Etymology
From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, equivalent to a- + curse.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkɜːs/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈkɝs/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Verb
accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle accursed or (archaic) accurst)
- To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
- Synonyms: curse, execrate, anathematize
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:17:
- And the city shall be accursed.
- 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Letters”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 117:
- Thro' you, my life will be accurst.
Translations
to devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize
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References
- “accurse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
accurse
- vocative masculine singular of accursus