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imprecate

[ im-pri-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

imprecated, imprecating.
  1. to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.

    Synonyms: , , ,

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imprecate

/ ˈɪ³¾±è°ùɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ù /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ¾±³¾±è°ù±ðËŒ³¦²¹³Ù´Ç°ù²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù±ð·³¦²¹î€…t´Ç°ù noun
  • ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù±ð·³¦²¹Â·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù±ð·³¦²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of imprecate1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå°ùÄ« “to invoke, pray to or for,†equivalent to im- “in†+ prec- “pray†+ -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ past participle suffix; im- 1, pray, -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of imprecate1

C17: from Latin ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå°ùÄ« to invoke, from im- in- ² + ±è°ù±ð³¦Äå°ùÄ« to pray
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Example Sentences

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To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.

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And sullenly, with stealthy gestures of menace, they retreated towards the entrance; and gabbling more loudly as they approached it, seemed to be imprecating vengeance on those who cast them out.

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When they were pressed to speak of religion, they burst into curses, and imprecated vengeance on their judge and jury, saying they were hung as poor rogues, but many worse escaped because they were rich.

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It was then that I remembered the vengeance which I had imprecated upon her head; and it was she who was avenged!

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When he had imprecated a bitter curse upon the Persians if they did not win back the kingdom, and take vengeance on the Magians, he threw himself head foremost down from the tower.

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