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BESHREW
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
beshrew (third-person singular simple present beshrews, present participle beshrewing, simple past and past participle beshrewed)
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
Anagrams
• Hebrews, Shebrew
Source: Wiktionary
Be*shrew", v. t.
Definition: To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.
Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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