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Accurse

Accurse \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.

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accurse

vb. To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

Usage examples of "accurse".

Cyador was the Accursed Forest before the founders came, and it killed either the barbarians or us whenever it could.

They imprisoned the Accursed Forest and opened the lands of the east for us.

Or one of the towns bordering the Accursed Forest-like Geliendra or Jakaafra?

But he is used to the forests and irregular hills north of Cyad itself-not the scattered farms and the grasslands of the east that are north of the Accursed Forest and the Great Canal that links the fertile lands between the rivers with Fyrad.

Patrol through the Grass Hills-or watch the white walls of the Accursed Forest for some giant stun lizard or cat big enough to cross the wards and take cattle or sheep.

Rynst, and he but replies that eastern Cyador will fall, should the Accursed Forest slip its wards.

If they survive their patrols against the barbarians, they will get patrol post commands on the edge of the Accursed Forest.

I know that the Accursed Forest is a remnant of the wild order that once spread across all of Candar before the Firstborn.

Contain the wild creatures of the Accursed Forest when it is breached.

Lorn rides easily beside Maran as the two lancer officers near the wall warding the Accursed Forest.

Although it rises nearly fifty cubits above the dead and salted-soil area in which it is located, it too is dwarfed by the bulk and power of the Accursed Forest to its north.

Riding side-by-side, Lorn and Kusyl ride toward the Accursed Forest, turning their mounts onto the wall road.

After two days of riding the wall, and time spent in the evening studying the ward-wall patrol manual that Maran had provided, his eyes tend to blur whenever he looks toward the chaos and whitened granite that prisons the Accursed Forest.

How much longer will these hold, and what will hold the Accursed Forest back when they fail?

Westend, neither Lorn nor any lancers in the squad have seen any other sign of the Accursed Forest attempting to escape the confines of the ward-wall.