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forcurse

forcurse verb: to curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.

Verb

forcurse (third-person singular simple present forcurses, present participle forcursing, simple past and past participle forcursed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.
    • The bishops were ever cursing them, but they cared nought therefor, for they were all forcursed and forsworn and forlorn [...]1894, Henry Duff Traill, Social England

Forms of forcurse

third-person singular presentforcurses
present participleforcursing
past participleforcursed
pastforcursed
alternative misspellingforecursed

Origin of forcurse

From Middle English forcursien, from Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), equivalent to for- + curse.

Questions about forcurse

What does forcurse mean?
Forcurse means to curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.
What part of speech is forcurse?
Forcurse is a verb.
What is the past tense of forcurse?
The past tense of forcurse is forcursed.

Words near forcurse in the dictionary

  1. forcovered
  2. forcovering
  3. forcovers
  4. forcque
  5. forcques
  6. forcurse
  7. forcursed
  8. forcurses
  9. forcursing
  10. forcut
  11. ford

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