Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AC-CURS'ED
AC-CURS'ED, pp. [or a.]
- Doomed to destruction or misery. The city shall be accursed. – John vi.
- Separated from the faithful; cast out of the church; excommunicated. I could wish myself accursed from Christ. – St. Paul.
- Worthy of the curse; detestable; execrable. Keep from the accursed thing. – Josh. vi. Hence,
- Wicked; malignant in the extreme.
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