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Accurse

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To Accu'rse. v.a. [See CURSE.] 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. Hooker, b. iii. § 4.

Sources: Hooker, Richard (175)

Attributes: Verb Active (289)

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