Definitions for: Imprecate

[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"

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, blaspheme, curse, cuss, damn, maledict, swear

Antonyms: bless

See Also: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize

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