Definition of beshrew Beshrew
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We found 6 definitions of beshrew from 5 different sources.
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What does beshrew mean?
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| beshrew - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" | ||
| curse, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | ||
| bless give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" | ||
| conjure up, call down, call forth, conjure, invoke, put forward, evoke, arouse, bring up, stir, raise cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- beshrew (v. t.)
To curse; to execrate.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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beshrew
be-shrōō′, v.t. to invoke evil upon, to curse—now only in such mild imprecations as 'beshrew me,' or 'thee'—prob. not imperative but elliptical, like '(I) thank you.' [Pfx. be-, and Shrew.]
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🔤- beshrew, verb, present, 1st person singular of beshrew (infinitive).
- beshrew, verb (infinitive).
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