Meaning of IMPRECATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'impru`keyt
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- [v] utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- [v] wish harm upon; put a curse on; "The bad witch cursed the child"
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| | Synonyms: | | anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, blaspheme, curse, cuss, damn, maledict, swear |
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| | Antonyms: | | bless | | |
| | See Also: | | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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