accurse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /æˈkə(ɹ)s/, /əˈkə(ɹ)s/; SAMPA: /{"k@(r)s/, /@"k@(r)s/

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

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

Bulgarian: проклинам (bg) Dutch: vervloeken (nl)

Middle English: acursien, acorsien

References

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

Anagrams

• accrues
• accuser