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encurse en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English *encursen (suggested by encursing), equivalent to en- + curse.

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) to place or bring a curse upon; curse
   • All that lured and enraged him, enticed and revolted him, bewitched and encursed him seemed to have peeled itself from the page of fictitious icons and been made tantalising flesh before him. 2002, Hal Westhead, After Life:
   • 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:
   • How dare ye blaspheme In the sunlight — By heeding a despot's behest That ye widow thy wife and encurse the unborn To fodder a king-vulture's nest! 1914, The Painter and Decorator - Volume 28:

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