Home › Words › E › encurseencurseencurse · verb — to place or bring a curse upon; curse.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, encurse ranks #17,059 of 43,221 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English *encursen (suggested by encursing), equivalent to en- + curse.verbto place or bring a curse upon; cursee.g.“The mythic story of a race encursed To labor, by a vengeful king, because One rash progenitor forgot his laws, Was held as sacred, till it grew and burst […]” — 1885, Medora Clark, Dignity of Labor:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forcurse 75% match — To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse. vs encurse →accurse 75% match — To damn; to wish misery or evil upon vs encurse →becurse 70% match — To cover with curses; curse all over. vs encurse →beshrew 68% match — To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse. vs encurse →uncurse 67% match — To remove a curse from. vs encurse →cursy 67% match — Cursing; containing curses. vs encurse →curselike 66% match — Resembling or characteristic of a curse. vs encurse →cursefully 65% match — In a curseful manner; horrendously; horrifically. vs encurse →