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)

1. 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

• Bulgarian: проклинам (bg) (proklinam)
• Dutch: vervloeken (nl)
• Middle English: acursien, acorsien

References

• “accurse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• accrues, accuser

Latin

Participle

accurse

1. vocative masculine singular of accursus