Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object) Archaic.
- to curse; invoke evil upon.
verb
- (tr) archaic to wish evil on; curse (used in mild oaths such as beshrew me)
early 14c., “deprave, pervert, corrupt,” from be- + shrew (v.) “to curse;” see shrew. Meaning “to invoke evil upon” is from late 14c.