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beshrew

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BESHREW

v.t.[be and shrew. ] To wish a curse to; to execrate. 1. To happen ill to. [Not in use. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BESHREW

BESHREW Be *shrew ", v. t.

Defn: To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.

Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.

New American Oxford Dictionary

beshrew

be shrew |biˈSHro͞o bəˌʃru | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic 1 make wicked; deprave. 2 invoke evil upon; curse; blame for a misfortune.

Oxford Dictionary

beshrew

be shrew |biˈSHro͞o bəˌʃru | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic 1 make wicked; deprave. 2 invoke evil upon; curse; blame for a misfortune.