'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]