accurse
verbUK /əˈkɜːs/ · US /əˈkɝs/
Etymology From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, from Old English acursian; equivalent to a- + curse.
1
To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
- And the city shall be accursed.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:17:
- Thro' you, my life will be accurst.1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Letters”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 117:
- Derived terms
- accursingly