Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty
empire. --Mickle.
[1913 Webster]
2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
[1913 Webster]
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imprecate
v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
child" [syn: {curse}, {beshrew}, {damn}, {bedamn},
{anathemize}, {anathemise}, {imprecate}, {maledict}] [ant:
{bless}]
2: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: {curse}, {cuss},
{blaspheme}, {swear}, {imprecate}]
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