SINCE 1828
accurse
transitive verb
ac·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;
accurses
Definition of accurse
: to consign to destruction, misery, or evil by a curse : anathematize
—now used chiefly as past participle looked upon her as a thing accursed— Charles Kingsley
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