Hypertext Webster Gateway: "execrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Execrate \Ex"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Execrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Execrating}.] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of
execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy,
sacred. See {Sacred}.]
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to
curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to
detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. ``They . . . execrate
their lct.'' --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
execrate
v 1: find repugnant [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {abominate}]
2: declare to be evil or anathema [syn: {anathemize}, {anathematize}]
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