verb
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon (Freq. 1)
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The bad witch cursed the child
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑malediction (for: ↑maledict), ↑imprecation (for: ↑imprecate), ↑damnatory (for: ↑damn), ↑damnation (for: ↑damn), ↑curse (for: ↑curse)
• Hypernyms:
↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke, ↑evoke, ↑stir, ↑call down, ↑arouse, ↑bring up, ↑put forward, ↑call forth
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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\\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verbEtymology: be- + damn
: to swear at : damn
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bedamn, bedamp etc.:see be- prefix.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.