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be⋅shrew

  [bi-shroo]
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–verb (used with object) Archaic.
to curse; invoke evil upon.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME beshrewen. See be-, shrew 1
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be·shrew   (bĭ-shrōō')   
tr.v.   be·shrewed, be·shrew·ing, be·shrews Archaic
To invoke evil upon; curse.

[Middle English bishrewen : bi-, be- + shrew, wicked person; see shrew.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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