forcurse
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forcursien, from Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), equivalent to for- + curse.
Verb
[edit]forcurse (third-person singular simple present forcurses, present participle forcursing, simple past and past participle forcursed)
- (archaic, transitive) To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.
- 1894, Henry Duff Traill, Social England:
- The bishops were ever cursing them, but they cared nought therefor, for they were all forcursed and forsworn and forlorn [...]
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