Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imprecate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Imprecate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
imprecate
v 1: wish harm upon; put a curse on; "The bad witch cursed the
child" [syn: {curse}, {beshrew}, {damn}, {bedamn}, {anathemize},
{maledict}] [ant: {bless}]
2: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: {curse}, {cuss}, {blaspheme},
{swear}]
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