What does accurse mean?

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ac·curse

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematiseverb

    curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

Wiktionary

  1. accurseverb

    To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

  2. Etymology: acursien, acorsien; a- + cursien. See curse. The extra is a Latinism.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Accurseverb

    To doom to misery; to invoke misery upon any one.

    As if it were an unlucky comet, or as if God had so accursed it, that it should never shine to give light in things concerning our duty any way towards him. Richard Hooker, b. iii. § 4.

ChatGPT

  1. accurse

    Accurse is not considered an official English word in most dictionaries. However, it is sometimes used in literary or archaic contexts as a verb meaning to curse, condemn, or bring a curse upon someone or something. It's important to note that its usage isn't widely accepted in formal writing or speech.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accurseverb

    to devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize

  2. Etymology: [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See Curse.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Accurse

    ak-kurs′, v.t. to curse: to devote to misery or destruction.—adj. Accurs′ed, subjected to a curse: doomed: worthy of a curse: extremely wicked. [Pfx. à-, and A.S. cursian, to curse.]

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  2. accuser

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accurse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accurse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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