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accurse

Today it means: To damn; to wish misery or evil upon Full definition →

Middle English acursen ← Old English acursian

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Old English · inherited fromacursian
Middle English · inherited fromacursen
English todayaccurse

From Middle English acursen, acoursen, acorsen, from Old English acursian; equivalent to a- + curse.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishacursian all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.