Accurse
/əˈkɜːrs/noun
To curse or condemn by a curse; now archaic or dialectal.
Did you know?Accurse is an old English intensifier built from the same curse-word lineage as **curse** itself, showing how medieval English could turn a ban into a spoken weapon.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
ācursian
“to curse intensely; to put under a curse”
Middle English
ME
accurssen
“to curse, invoke evil upon”
14th Century
English
accurse
“to condemn or place under a curse”
Modern English
English
accurse
“to curse; to condemn by curse, archaic”