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accursing

accursing is the present participle and gerund of accurse.

Meaning of accurse

Verb

accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle accursed or (archaic) accurst)

  1. To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
    • And the city shall be accursed.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:17

Questions about accursing

What is accursing the present participle and gerund of?
Accursing is the present participle and gerund of accurse.

Words near accursing in the dictionary

  1. accursed
  2. Accursed Mountains
  3. accursedly
  4. accursedness
  5. accurses
  6. accursing
  7. accursingly
  8. Accurso
  9. Accursos
  10. accurst
  11. accus

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