accurse
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V. To curse, accurse, imprecate, scold, rail, execrate.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
The Greek word anathema, Hebrew herem, means to accurse, execrate, to damn.
From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner
Were't not for reverence of thine age, I swear, Thou should'st accurse the time I met thee here.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
Then, Doncaster, ourselves ourselves accurse, And let no good betide to thee or me!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
Cf. abide, accurse, affright, amaze, arise, arouse, ago.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
