1 June 2017
imprecate
[im-pri-keyt]
verb (used with object), imprecated, imprecating.
1. to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
Origin of imprecate
Latin
1605-1615; Latin imprecātus past participle of imprecārī to invoke, pray to or for, equivalent to im- im-1+ prec- pray + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
imprecator, noun
imprecatory, adjective
unimprecated, adjective
Synonyms
curse, execrate, anathematize, accurse, denunciate.
Antonyms
bless.
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Examples from the Web for imprecate
Historical Examples
To imprecate evil on any living being seems to them unchristian, barbarous, a relic of dark ages and dark superstitions.
Town and Country Sermons
Charles Kingsley
Bowing my head to think—to pray—to imprecate, I lost all sense of time and place.
Heralds of Empire
Agnes C. Laut
I know not what I ought to imprecate on the wretches who had spread a report of your death.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume II (of 4)
Jules Bonnet
But now there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.
Grandfather’s Chair
Nathaniel Hawthorne
There was nothing for him to resent, nothing for him to imprecate but his own folly.
The Alaskan
James Oliver Curwood
He ceased to imprecate only when, by repetition, his oaths became too inexpressive to be worth while.
The Eagle’s Heart
Hamlin Garland
Today’s quote
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
– Anton Chekhov
On this day
1 June 1926 – Birth of Marilyn Monroe, iconic movie star. Died 5 August 1962.
1 June 1935 – DC Comics publishes the first Superman comic, created by Jerry Siegel.
1 June 1968 – death of Helen Keller, inspirational American author, lecturer and political activist. First deaf-blind person to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree. Born 27 June 1880.
1 June 2012 – The inaugural ‘Panda’s Word of the Day’ published at www.shaneduran.com. The word was ‘pleonasm‘.