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English Dictionary: beshrew by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beshrew
v
  1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
    Synonym(s): curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
    Antonym(s): bless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t.
      To curse; to execrate.
  
               Beshrew me, but I love her heartily.      --Shak.
  
      Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far
               from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay
               even with some tenderness. --Schmidt.
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