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beshrew |
2 definitions found 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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