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im⋅pre⋅cate

  [im-pri-keyt]
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–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
Origin:
1605–15; < L imprecātus ptp. of imprecārī to invoke, pray to or for, equiv. to im- im- 1 + prec- pray + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
im⋅pre⋅ca⋅tor, noun
im⋅pre⋅ca⋅to⋅ry, adjective

Synonyms:
curse, execrate, anathematize, accurse, denunciate.

Antonyms:
bless.
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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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Imprecatory

Im"pre*ca*to*ry\, a. Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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