Meaning of encurse | Babel Free

Definitions

to place or bring a curse upon; curse

archaic, transitive

Examples

“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⟳ […]”

“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!”

“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.”

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