Dictionary entry

Accurse

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac‐curse″ (�), v. t. [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See Curse.] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

And the city shall be accursed.

Josh. vi. 17.

Thro' you, my life will be accurst.

Tennyson.