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Imprecate
Pronunciation : Im"pre*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Imprecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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