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beshrew, v. arch.|bɪˈʃruː|
Forms: 4 be-, byschrewe, bishrewe, (6 bescro), 6–7 beshrow(e, 4–7 beshrewe, 5– beshrew.
[f. be- 2 + shrew v.]
†1. trans. To make wicked or evil; to deprave, pervert, corrupt. Obs.
c1325Poem temp. Edw. II, 45 Þis world is al beshrewed. 1382Wyclif Prov. x. 9 Who forsothe beshrewith [1388 makith schrewid; Vulg. depravat] his weies, shal be maad opene. ― 1 Kings xi. 4 The herte of hym is beshrewid bi wymmen. 1393Gower Conf. I. 63 His herte is all beshrewed. 1556Abp. Parker Psalter lvi. 161 What flesh can do, though all beshrowd, I feare no whit at all.
†2. To treat evilly, use ill, abuse. Obs.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems 115 Thus they went from the game begylyd and beglued Nether on other wyst hom they went beshrewyd.
†3. To invoke evil upon, to wish (one) all that is bad, to invoke a curse on; to curse, objurgate, or blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iv. 168 A schireues clerke byschrewed al þe route. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 844 Now elles, frere, I bishrewe thy face. Quod this Somonour, and I bishrewe me But if I telle tales two or thre Of freres. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 88 Hye the faster, I beshrew thi skynne. 1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 948/2, I durste well in the same worde (Some saye) beshrewe hym, and beshrowe hym agayne. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iv. ix. 280 He hath just cause to beshrew his fingers. 1682N. O. Boileau's Lutrin ii. 106 Trembling she lay, and in her heart beshrewed him.
b. Now only in imprecatory expressions (beshrew me, thee, etc.): ‘Evil befall, mischief take, devil take, curse, hang!’; also, with weakened force, ‘plague on,’ and often humorous or playful. arch. [Perhaps not imperative, but an elliptical form like (I) thank you! (I) pray! (I) prithee!]
1566T. Stapleton Ret. Untr. Jewell iii. 63 Then beshrowe the lyar. 1599Shakes. Much Ado v. i. 55 Marry beshrew my hand, If it should giue your age such cause of feare. 1604― Oth. iv. iii. 78 Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong For the whole world. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) 85 Beshrew the sombre pencil! said I. 1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, Beshrew me if thou passest this door with dry lips. 1856Bryant Strange Lady iii, Be-shrew my erring bow! |