Imprecate

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  • transitive verb. To invoke evil upon; curse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pray for; express a strong desire for; invoke: in a good sense.
  • Specifically To call down by prayer, as some evil upon an enemy, or in anger; invoke or express a malevolent desire for, as something evil.
  • To invoke a curse or evil upon; curse.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
  • transitive verb. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
  • verb. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
  • verb. utter obscenities or profanities
    • Word Usage
    "Oh, earth! how often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    arouse  bring up  call down  call forth  conjure  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curse  invoke  
    verb-form
    imprecated  imprecates  imprecating  
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