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 : 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
Charles Kingsley
Word History
Etymology
Middle English acursen, going back to Old English acursian, from a-, perfective prefix + cursian "to curse entry 2"
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
- prescores
- prescoring
- Prescott
- Prescott scale
- Prescott Valley
- prescreen
- prescreened
- prescreening
- prescreenings
- prescreens
- prescribe
- prescribed
- prescriber
- prescribers
- prescribes
- prescribing
- prescript
- prescripter
- prescriptest
- prescriptibility
- prescriptible
- prescription
- prescription drug
- prescription drugs
- prescriptionist