ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Encurse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Encurse is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) to place or bring a curse upon; curse.

Meaning

(transitive, archaic) to place or bring a curse upon; curse.

Example Sentences

How dare ye blaspheme In the sunlight — By heeding a despot's behest That ye widow thy wife and encurse the unborn To fodder a king-vulture's nest!
The mythic story of a race encursed To labor, by a vengeful king, because One rash progenitor forgot his laws, Was held as sacred, till it grew and burst […]
All that lured and enraged him, enticed and revolted him, bewitched and encursed him seemed to have peeled itself from the page of fictitious icons and been made tantalising flesh before him.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include curse, becurse, damn, encur, conjure, ensorcerize.

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