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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t.
To curse; to execrate.
Beshrew me but I love her heartily. --Shak.
Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far
from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay
even with some tenderness. --Schmidt.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
beshrew
v : wish harm upon put a curse on "The bad witch cursed the
child" [syn: {curse}, {damn}, {bedamn}, {anathemize}, {imprecate},
{maledict}] [ant: {bless}]
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