Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To imprecate misery or evil upon; call down curses on; curse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to
anathematize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Etymologies
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Examples
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And they accurse all those that abstain them to eat flesh the Saturday.
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And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accurse me of theft.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee, when the time of the bargain shall come; and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accurse me of theft.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision
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The Greek word anathema, Hebrew herem, means to accurse, execrate, to damn.
A Commentary on St. Paul���s Epistle to the Galatians 1483-1546 1939
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Canterbury should have consented and also have crowned him, wherefore S. Thomas gat a bull for to do accurse them that so did against him, and also on them that occupied the goods longing to him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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[1046] Metellus proper cantos senatorial ordinis ex Hibernia accurse jubet; eorum et variorum, quos ironers defeat, console habet
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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Do you not accurse your native land by dooming her to the eternal endurance of the degradations and distresses which she feels she has already borne too long?
National Rectitude the Only True Basis of National Prosperity: An Appeal to the Confederate States Joseph Clay 1863
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"Thou shalt have it, severed from my head by this accurse steel," answered Wallace, taking off his bonnet, and letting his amber locks fall in tresses on his shoulders.
The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813
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Move but a step forward and you will free us from the burden … If you refuse aid to us, rest assured that at the last great Day of Judgment we will seize the skirts of your garments and accurse you of this injustice before God himself!
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