a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. v. 27 Þe waterys off acorsynge sholyn passe þour here.

c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 192 (MED) If thou forȝeueste not wronge that es do to the..thou bryngeste on thi-selfe a-cursynge [L. maledictionem].

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xvi^v The bysshops letters vnder his seale wytnessynge the acursynge.

1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. D.vii Kepe vs from the most horyble synne of grudgyng sclaunder accursyng and folyshe iudgement.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 129^v Some in Germany..who for a semblable prophanation, with dauncing, through the Priests accursing, continued it on a whole yere together.

1660 H. Jeanes 2nd Pt. Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 212 An accursing of a man, unto the coming of Christ, without hope of mercy, which cannot be done without a Propheticall spirit.

1744 W. Andrews tr. B. Pascal Life Mr. Paschal I. iii. 47 You will meet with poison, plague, horror, rashness, impiety, blasphemy, abomination, execration, accursing, heresy, which are the most horrible expressions that ever were invented.

1819 Morning Post 10 Mar. The condemning, rejecting, and accursing of all heresies.

1862 W. P. Dickson tr. T. Mommsen Hist. Rome I. vii. 105 It..is extremely improbable that, as respects these towns, there was an actual historical accursing of the ground on which they were built.

2007 Scotsman (Nexis) 16 June 23 Those who feel that there just isn't enough smiting and accursing on TV will be delighted by Rome, the climactic continuation of the well-received BBC/HBO swords-and-togas soap.

1624 S. Jerome Irelands Iubilee iii. x. 146 Sympathizing with their cursed sinnes, and accursing judgements.

1752 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 378/2 Accursing Want, Had not thy powerful aid prevented it, Had surely forc'd her.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 16 When these are tainted by the accursing breath Of calumny and scorn.

1857 Brit. Workman 1 June 71/3 I was a fanatic when I sacrificed my wife, my children, my happiness, and my home to the accursing demon of the bowl.

1920 Bookman Dec. 295/2 An accursing curiosity that has brought delightful emprise but no certainty of philosophy, nor bales of silk and pieces of eight.

2001 Africa News (Nexis) 21 Nov. He now sounded accursing when he declared: ‘When a person is misusing power, such person is heading towards doom.’