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Webster 1913 Edition


Accurse

Ac-curse′

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
acursien
,
acorsien
; pref.
a
+
cursien
to curse. See
Curse
.]
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
And the city shall be
accursed
.
Josh. vi. 17.
Thro’ you, my life will be
accurst
.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accurse

ACCURSE

,
Verb.
T.
accurs', [ Ac for ad and curse.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon. [This verb is rarely used. See Curse.]

Definition 2024


accurse

accurse

English

Verb

accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle accursed or accurst)

  1. To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
    • And the city shall be accursed - Joshua 6:17
    • Thro' you, my life will be accurst. - Alfred Tennyson

Translations

References

  • accurse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

accurse

  1. vocative masculine singular of accursus