'Beshrew' definitions:

Definition of 'beshrew'

(from WordNet)
verb
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]

Definition of 'Beshrew'

From: GCIDE
  • Beshrew \Be*shrew"\, v. t. To curse; to execrate. [1913 Webster]
  • Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]