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execrate

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ex⋅e⋅crate

  [ek-si-kreyt] verb, -crat⋅ed, -crat⋅ing.
Use execrate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
2. to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce: He execrated all who opposed him.
–verb (used without object)
3. to utter curses.
Origin:
1555–65; < L ex(s)ecrātus (ptp. of ex(s)ecrārī to curse), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + secr- (comb. form of sacrāre to consecrate; see sacrament ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅e⋅cra⋅tor, noun
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ex·e·crate   (ěk'sĭ-krāt')   
tr.v.   ex·e·crat·ed, ex·e·crat·ing, ex·e·crates

  1. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.

  2. To feel loathing for; abhor.

  3. Archaic To invoke a curse on.


[Latin execrārī, execrāt- : ex-, ex- + sacrāre, to consecrate (from sacer, sacred; see sak- in Indo-European roots).]
ex'e·cra'tive, ex'e·cra·to'ry (-krə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., ex'e·cra'tor n.
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