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Beshrew

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse. archaic, transitive

    "Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit."

  2. 2
    wish harm upon; invoke evil upon wordnet
  3. 3
    An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation. transitive

    "Beshrew your heart, fair daughter!"

Etymology

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.

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