imprecate
[verb]
Synonyms: swear, bedamn, curse, cuss, damn, execrate

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imprecate verb. ['ɪmprɪkeɪt] E17.
[Latin imprecat- pa. ppl stem of imprecari, formed as IM-¹ + precari PRAY verb: see -ATE³.]
1. verb trans.
a. Invoke or call down (evil on a person etc.). E17.
■ Smollett She..imprecated a thousand curses upon his head.
b. Beg for; entreat (something good). rare. M17.

2. verb trans. Invoke evil on (a person); curse. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
■ W. Minto His co-religionists were imprecating him as the man who had brought this persecution upon them.

3. verb trans. Pray to, call on, (a god etc.). Long rare or obsolete. M17.
■ W. Prynne Which I shall dayly imprecate the God of Peace speedily to accomplish.

4. verb intrans. Pray; invoke evil. M-L17.

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