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accursed
early 13c.,
acursede
"lying under a curse," pp. of obs.
acursen
"pronounce a curse upon, excommunicate," from
a-
intens. prefix +
cursein
(see
curse
). The extra
-c-
is 15c., mistaken Latinism. Weakened sense of "worthy of a curse" is from 1590s.