CURSES

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curse P Pronunciation Key (k�rs)

n.
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune,
to befall someone or something.
The evil or misfortune that comes in
or as if in response to such an appeal:
One that is accursed.
A source or cause of evil; a scourge:
A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
Ecclesiastical. A censure, ban, or anathema.
v. cursed, or curst (k�rst) curs�ing,
curs�es
v. tr. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
To swear at.
To bring evil upon; afflict
Ecclesiastical. To put under a ban or an anathema;
excommunicate.
v. intr.
To utter curses; swear.
[Middle English, from Old English curs.]
curser n.
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