About The Word Imprecate
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Imprecate
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What's The Definition Of Imprecate?
[v] utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
[v] wish harm upon; put a curse on; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonyms | Synonyms for Imprecate: anathemize | bedamn | beshrew | blaspheme | curse | cuss | damn | maledict | swear Related Terms | Find terms related to Imprecate: See Also | express | give tongue to | utter | verbalise | verbalize Imprecate In Webster's Dictionary \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of
imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray.
See {Pray}.]
1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or
calamitous.
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty
empire. --Mickle.
2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the
forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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