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beshrew

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7 lettersPart of speech verbSorted beehrswStarts with BEnds with W0 clues
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Definitions

  1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Word origin

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.

Used in a sentence

  • Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit.
  • Beshrew your heart, fair daughter!
  • R[oderico] D[’Avolos]. Beſhrevv my heart, but that’s not ſo good. / Duke [Phillippo Caraffa, Duke of Pavy]. Ha, vvhat’s that thou miſlik’ſt D'auolos?

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