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单词 beshrew
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Definition of beshrew in US English:

beshrew

verb bəˈʃrubəˈSHro͞obəˈʃru
[with object]archaic
  • 1Make wicked; deprave.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If she keep not promise I will beshrew her head!
  • 2Invoke evil upon; curse; blame for a misfortune.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.
    • Beshrew her heart, what a fright she put me to!
    • 'Beshrew the old hag that told me that he was affected with leprosy! Surely, that is a lie against him, for this is not the voice of one who hath such a disease.
    • And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness.
    • "Beshrew the fellow," I said to myself as I left him, carefully closing the door, so that the sound should not shake him; "he is little better than a woman, and yet I have become as fond of him as though he were my brother."
 
 

Definition of beshrew in US English:

beshrew

verbbəˈSHro͞obəˈʃru
[with object]archaic
  • 1Make wicked; deprave.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If she keep not promise I will beshrew her head!
  • 2Invoke evil upon; curse; blame for a misfortune.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • 'Beshrew the old hag that told me that he was affected with leprosy! Surely, that is a lie against him, for this is not the voice of one who hath such a disease.
    • "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.
    • "Beshrew the fellow," I said to myself as I left him, carefully closing the door, so that the sound should not shake him; "he is little better than a woman, and yet I have become as fond of him as though he were my brother."
    • Beshrew her heart, what a fright she put me to!
    • And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness.
 
 
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