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Curse \Curse\, v. i.
To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with
imprecations; to swear.
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Then began he to curse and to swear. --Matt. xxi.
74.
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His spirits hear me,
And yet I need must curse. --Shak.
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Curse \Curse\, n. [AS. curs. See {Curse}, v. t.]
1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury;
malediction.
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Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
--Shak.
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2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in
passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine
condemnation.
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The priest shall write these curses in a book.
--Num. v. 23.
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Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. --Old
Proverb.
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3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which
brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
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The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
--Shak.
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All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget,
Is propagated curse. --Milton.
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{The curse of Scotland} (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds.


{Not worth a curse}. See under {Cress}.

Syn: Malediction; imprecation; execration. See {Malediction}.
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Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or
{Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian,
perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of
the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross,
all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L.
crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.]
1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury
upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
--Ex. xxii.
28.
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Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak.
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2. 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.
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On impious realms and barbarous kings impose
Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
--Pope.
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{To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}.
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