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imprecation

[ im-pri-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of imprecating; cursing.
  2. a curse; malediction.


imprecation

/ ˌɪ³¾±è°ùɪˈ°ì±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the act of imprecating
  2. a malediction; curse
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of imprecation1

1575–85; < Latin ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å ), equivalent to ¾±³¾±è°ù±ð³¦Äå³Ù ( us ) ( imprecate ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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Without waiting to catch breath after his heroic skirmish, he began uttering, over these detested feathers, the most horrible imprecations imaginable.

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Her singing encompassed cathartic extremes: lullabies and imprecations, sighs and howls.

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She hurled raspy imprecations in “Hurt Yourself†and let her voice break with tearful desperation and then find its own resolve in the hymnlike “Sandcastles.â€

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He then leads the Army in shouts of the imprecation, "Arise, oh God, and let your enemies be scattered!"

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In the history of American presidential debates, there never has been a spectacle of imprecations and interruptions like Tuesday night’s prize fight.

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