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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Curst" Quotes from Famous Books

... asseverated with a laugh of demoniacal scorn. "Yer dautit (petted) Ma'colm 's naething but the dyke side brat o' the late Grizel Cawm'ell, 'at the fowk tuik for a sant 'cause she grat an' said naething. I laid the Cawm'ell pup i' yer boody (scarecrow) airms wi' my ain han's, upo' the tap o' yer curst scraighin' bagpipes 'at sae aften drave the sleep frae my een. Na, ye wad nane o' me! But I ga'e ye a Cawm'ell bairn to yer hert for a' that, ye auld, hungert, weyver ...

— Malcolm • George MacDonald

... flames of jealous rage, By all her torments deeply curst, Of hell-born passions far the worst, What hope my ...

— Fugitive Pieces • George Gordon Noel Byron

... (Indeed she was curst) In knowledge that tasted delight; And sages agree, The laws should decree To the first ...

— Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e • Lady Mary Wortley Montague

... wanderer, from a land By summer breezes fanned, Looked round him, awed, subdued, By the dreadful solitude, Hearing alone the cry Of sea-birds clanging by, The crash and grind of the floe, Wail of wind and wash of tide. "O wretched land!" he cried, "Land of all lands the worst, God forsaken and curst! Thy gates of rock should show The words the Tuscan seer Read in the Realm of Woe Hope ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... if he succeeded. There had been no hint of further rewards. He did not speculate upon why Thomas Culpepper was to be held in Calais; he did not speculate upon why he should wish to come to England; but again and again he muttered between his teeth, 'A curst business! ...

— Privy Seal - His Last Venture • Ford Madox Ford

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