"forcurse" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forcurses [present, singular, third-person], forcursing [participle, present], forcursed [participle, past], forcursed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forcursien, from Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), equivalent to for- + curse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forcursien}} Middle English forcursien, {{inh|en|ang|forcursian||to curse, curse up}} Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), {{prefix|en|for|curse}} for- + curse Head templates: {{en-verb}} forcurse (third-person singular simple present forcurses, present participle forcursing, simple past and past participle forcursed)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-forcurse-en-verb-U82JLYlX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

Inflected forms

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