Meanings
present singular third person encurses · participle present encursing · participle past encursed · past encursed
- archaictransitiveto place or bring a curse upon; curse
How dare ye blaspheme In the sunlight — By heeding a despot's behest That ye widow thy wife and encurse the unborn To fodder a king-vulture's nest!
1914, The Painter and Decorator - Volume 282 more examples
The mythic story of a race encursed To labor, by a vengeful king, because One rash progenitor forgot his laws, Was held as sacred, till it grew and burst […]
1885, Medora Clark, Dignity of LaborAll that lured and enraged him, enticed and revolted him, bewitched and encursed him seemed to have peeled itself from the page of fictitious icons and been made tantalising flesh before him.
2002, Hal Westhead, After Life
Origin
- Middle English*encursen
- Englishencurse
From Middle English *encursen (suggested by encursing), equivalent to en- + curse.
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encurse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encurse
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