Curse: alternatives and connections

To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

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To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

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Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

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Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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A melody; a song.

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To fight and scratch.

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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.

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Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Exactly representing; exact.

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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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of Shut

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A spelk, or splinter.

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Outer.

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To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything a…

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The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

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A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.

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To curse; to execrate.

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To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

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The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

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To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

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Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

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The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.

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Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.

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To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

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Accursed; abominable.

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The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.

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A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

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A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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of Swear

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An engine for casting stones.

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To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

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