beshrew Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict.
    • The bad witch cursed the child

WordNet


Be*shrew" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To curse; to execrate.
    Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.
    ✍ 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.

Webster 1913