Definition of Becursed

1. becurse [v] - See also: becurse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Becursed

bectumomab
becudgel
becudgeled
becudgeling
becudgelled
becudgelling
becudgels
becue
becuffed
becuna
becurl
becurled
becurling
becurls
becurse
becursed (current term)
becurses
becursing
becurst
becut
bed-and-breakfast
bed-bath
bed-baths
bed-cover
bed-covers
bed-ground
bed-hopped

Literary usage of Becursed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1859)
"... crimson bream,—-not the detested dogfish himself this summer swarming in every loch and becursed by every fisherman,—can keep himself off the hook, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1842)
"He certainly cannot remain long in the world without finding, in the words of LONGFELLOW, that ' No one is no becursed by fete, ..."

3. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade (1864)
"I was never so becursed in all my days, oh! oh! oh1" "You were both somewhat to blame; both you and he," said Eli calmly. "However, what the servant says ..."

4. A Summer in Skye by Alexander Smith (1865)
"... flat skate, broad-shouldered crimson bream, — no, not the detested dog-fish himself, this summer swarming in every Loch and becursed by every fisherman, ..."

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