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encurses

encurses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encurse.

Meaning of encurse

Verb

encurse (third-person singular simple present encurses, present participle encursing, simple past and past participle encursed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to place or bring a curse upon; curse
    • The mythic story of a race encursed
      To labor, by a vengeful king, because
      One rash progenitor forgot his laws,
      Was held as sacred, till it grew and burst […]1885, Medora Clark, Dignity of Labor

Questions about encurses

What is encurses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encurses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encurse.

Words near encurses in the dictionary

  1. encunts
  2. encur
  3. encurs
  4. encurse
  5. encursed
  6. encurses
  7. encursing
  8. encurtain
  9. encurtained
  10. encurtaining
  11. encurtains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encurses (page history and authors); encurse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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