accurse
transitive verbac·curse | \ ə-ˈkərs \
accursed; accursed\ ə-ˈkərst 
, -ˈkər-səd ; -ˈkər-səd usually when a stressed syllable follows without pause \ or accurst\ ə-ˈkərst \; accursing; accurses
, -ˈkər-səd ; -ˈkər-səd usually when a stressed syllable follows without pause \ or accurst\ ə-ˈkərst \; accursing; accursesDefinition of accurse
: to consign to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse : anathematize —now used chiefly as past participlelooked upon her as a thing accursed— Charles Kingsley
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