forcurse

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verb

To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.

OriginMiddle English forcursien ← Old English forcursian →
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Meanings

verbforcurse (third-person singular simple present forcurses, present participle forcursing, simple past and past participle forcursed)

present singular third person forcurses · participle present forcursing · participle past forcursed · past forcursed · alternative misspelling forecursed

  1. archaictransitiveTo curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.

    The bishops were ever cursing them, but they cared nought therefor, for they were all forcursed and forsworn and forlorn [...]

    1894, Henry Duff Traill, Social England

Origin

  1. Old Englishforcursian“to curse, curse up”
  2. Middle Englishforcursien
  3. Englishforcurse

From Middle English forcursien, from Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), equivalent to for- + curse.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forcurse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcurse.

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