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beshrew
[ bih-shroo ]
verb (used with object)
- to curse; invoke evil upon.
beshrew
/ bɪˈʃruː /
verb
- archaic.tr to wish evil on; curse (used in mild oaths such as beshrew me )
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Origin of beshrew1
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Example Sentences
Beshrew me, if my wife and thee could not make exchange of some portion of her spirit and thy meekness to the advantage of both.
But listen now: I have weightier matters; I have eggs on the spit, beshrew me else!
Get me some drink George, I am almost molten with fretting: now beshrew his Knaves heart for it.
Beshrew me, there be plenty of that trade in London, and chiefly the feeble folk that he hath driven from our stage.
"Beshrew me, but I think thou art distraught already," answered the Queen.
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