Beshrew

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

beshrew
    v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
         child" [syn: {curse}, {beshrew}, {damn}, {bedamn},
         {anathemize}, {anathemise}, {imprecate}, {maledict}] [ant:
         {bless}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t.
   To curse; to execrate.
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         Beshrew me, but I love her heartily.     --Shak.
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   Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far
         from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay
         even with some tenderness. --Schmidt.
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