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imprecate(dictionary)

imprecate (iou)



imprecate verb. E17.
[Latin imprecat- pa. ppl stem of imprecari, formed as IM-1 + precari PRAY verb: see -ATE3.]
verb trans.
a. Invoke or call down (evil on a person etc.). E17.
Smollett She..imprecated a thousand curses upon his head.
b. Beg for; entreat (something good). rare. M17.
verb trans. Invoke evil on (a person); curse. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
W. Minto His co-religionists were imprecating him as the man who had brought this persecution upon them.
verb trans. Pray to, call on, (a god etc.). Long rare or obsolete. M17.
W. Prynne Which I shall dayly imprecate the God of Peace speedily to accomplish.
verb intrans. Pray; invoke evil. M-L17.