accurse

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Were't not for reverence of thine age, I swear, Thou should'st accurse the time I met thee here.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

Cf. abide, accurse, affright, amaze, arise, arouse, ago.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

V. To curse, accurse, imprecate, scold, rail, execrate.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

The Greek word anathema, Hebrew herem, means to accurse, execrate, to damn.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore

Then, Doncaster, ourselves ourselves accurse, And let no good betide to thee or me!

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew