curse
noun
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
have curst
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present perfectof curse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Faith, his are even with him; they have curst him enough already.
From Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson
I should have curst the sun That made the day so bright and earth so fair When first we met, delirium through the air Burning like fire!
From A Lover's Litanies by Eric Mackay
It ill suited you and your reverend character thus to curse your greatest enemy: you should not have curst him, villian as he is.'—'I did not curse him, child, did I?'—'Indeed,
From The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
E'en popes have curst the plant; Kings bade its use to cease; But all the pontiff's rant And royal James's cant Ne'er made its use decrease.
From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various
I should have curst the moon And all the stars that, dream-like, in a swoon Shut out the day,—the lov'd, the lovely day That came too late and left us all too soon.
From A Lover's Litanies by Eric Mackay
