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Curse v. t. (past & past part. cursed or curst; pres. part. cursing)

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. "Thou shalt not... curse the ruler of thy people." "Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed."

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. "On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those."

To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Curse v. i. To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear. "Then began he to curse and to swear." "His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse."

Curst v. Imp. & p. p. of Curse.

adjective

Curst adj. Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. (Obs.) "Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind."

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Etymology of 'Curst'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Curst" Quotes from Famous Books

... trow, is doubly blest, Who of the worst can make the best; And he, I'm sure, is doubly curst, Who of the ...

— She and I, Volume 1 • John Conroy Hutcheson

... judges of black Tartarus, And all the army of you hellish fiends, With new found torments rack proud Locrine's bones! O gods, and stars! damned be the gods & stars That did not drown me in fair Thetis' plains! Curst be the sea, that with outrageous waves, With surging billows did not rive my ships Against the rocks of high Cerannia, Or swallow me into her watery gulf! Would God we had arrived upon the shore Where Poliphemus and the Cyclops dwell, Or where ...

— 2. Mucedorus • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]

... I foregoing; I do not pretend to aught worth knowing, I do not pretend I could be a teacher To help or convert a fellow-creature. Then, too, I've neither lands nor gold, Nor the world's least pomp or honor hold— No dog would endure such a curst existence! Wherefore, from Magic I seek assistance, That many a secret perchance I reach Through spirit-power and spirit-speech, And thus the bitter task forego Of saying the things I do not know,— That I may detect the inmost force Which ...

— Faust • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

... revenge or the natural bent of a cruel and degraded mind, I know not; but if any be curst because of the Outlaw of Torn, it will be thou—I had almost said, unnatural father; but I do not believe a single drop of thy debased blood flows in the veins ...

— The Outlaw of Torn • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... On 4th June Chamberlain wrote: "Sir Edward Coke & his Lady, after so much animosity and wrangling, are lately made friends; & his curst heart hath been forced to yield more than ever he meant; but upon this agreement he flatters himself that she will prove a very good wife." So Coke and his "very good wife" settled down together again. We shall see presently whether there was to be ...

— The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck - A Scandal of the XVIIth Century • Thomas Longueville

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