accurse

English

Etymology

From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, equivalent to a- +‎ curse.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /æˈkə(ɹ)s/, /əˈkə(ɹ)s/

Verb

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

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) (proklinam)
Dutch: vervloeken (nl)

Middle English: acursien, acorsien

References

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

Anagrams

accrues, accuser

Latin

Participle

accurse

vocative masculine singular of accursus

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