imprecate - 3 dictionary results
im⋅pre⋅cate
[im-pri-keyt] 
prɪˌkeɪt
–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
| to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person. |
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| im·pre·cate (ĭm'prĭ-kāt') tr.v. im·pre·cat·ed, im·pre·cat·ing, im·pre·cates To invoke evil upon; curse. [Latin imprecāri, imprecāt- : in-, towards; see in-2 + precārī, to pray, ask; see prek- in Indo-European roots.] im'pre·ca'tor n., im'pre·ca·to'ry (-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj. |
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Imprecate
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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