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imprecate

[ im-pri-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, im·pre·cat·ed, im·pre·cat·ing.
  1. to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.

    Synonyms: denunciate, anathematize, execrate, curse

    Antonyms: bless



imprecate

/ ˈɪmprɪˌkeɪt /

verb

  1. intr to swear, curse, or blaspheme
  2. tr to invoke or bring down (evil, a curse, etc)

    to imprecate disaster on the ship

  3. tr to put a curse on


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Derived Forms

  • ˈimpreˌcatory, adjective

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Other Words From

  • impre·cator noun
  • impre·ca·tory adjective
  • un·impre·cated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of imprecate1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin imprecātus, past participle of imprecārī “to invoke, pray to or for,” equivalent to im- “in” + prec- “pray” + -ātus past participle suffix; im- 1, pray, -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of imprecate1

C17: from Latin imprecārī to invoke, from im- in- ² + precārī to pray

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Example Sentences

But now there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.

He ceased to imprecate only when, by repetition, his oaths became too inexpressive to be worth while.

Further, he made the priests imprecate curses on any one who had dealings with the Persians or deserted the Greek cause.

Bowing my head to think—to pray—to imprecate, I lost all sense of time and place.

At a very early period, he, in drinking, would imprecate vengeance upon "the head of him who ever lived to wear a halter."

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