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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forcurse en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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

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forcursed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forcursed Tense=Past lexicographic
forcurses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forcursing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forecursed alternative, misspelling lexicographic