CURSE, v.t. pret. and pp. cursed or curst. 1. To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people. Exodus 22.Bless and curse not. Romans 12.Curse me this people, for they are too mighty for me. Numbers 22.2. To injure; to subject to evil; to vex, harass or torment with great calamities.On impious realms and barbarous kings impose thy plagues, and curse em with such sons as those.3. To devote to evil.CURSE, v.i. To utter imprecations; to affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance. Then began he to curse and to swear. Matthew 26.CURSE, n. 1. Malediction; the expression of a wish of evil to another.Shimei--who cured me with a grievous curse. 1 Kings 2.2. Imprecation of evil.They entered into a curse, and into an oath. Nehemiah 10.3. Affliction; torment; great vexation.I will make this city a curse to all nations. Jeremiah 26.4. Condemnation; sentence of divine vengeance on sinners.Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Galatians 3.5. Denunciation of evil.The priest shall write all these curses in a book. Numbers 5.
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