BESHREWED

Verb

beshrewed

simple past tense and past participle of beshrew

Source: Wiktionary


BESHREW

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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