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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

... for Jesus sake forbeare To Digg the dust enclosed heare. Blessed be ye man yt spares thes stones And Curst be ye yt moves ...

— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris

... me a farme of 100 pounds a yeare; goe to, then. Now, if her sonn be slayne, heres then this purse of gold and this rich Jewell which she sent to him. By this wee see, whoever has the worst, The fox fares well, but better when hees curst.[121] Goe to and ...

— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various

... on the stage and serves her head up in a charger before Appius, who promptly bursts into a cataclysm of C's ('O curst and cruel cankered churl, O carl unnatural'); but there is not a suggestion of the pathos noticed in Cambyses. Instead there is in one place a sort of frantic agitation, which the author doubtless ...

— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne

... "She's curst," said the skipper; "speak her fair: I'm scary always to see her shake Her wicked head, with its wild gray hair, And nose like a hawk, and eyes like a snake." But merrily still, with laugh and shout, From Hampton river the boat sailed ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 • Various

... Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed Virgin steal a tear! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, 285 Insults fall'n worth, or Beauty in distress, Who loves ...

— The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems • Alexander Pope

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