execrate

English

Etymology

From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

Verb

execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)

1. To feel loathing for; abhor.
2. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
3. (archaic) To invoke a curse.

Translations

To feel loathing for

Bulgarian: отвращавам се (bg)

(archaic) To invoke a curse

Bulgarian: проклинам (bg)

Derived terms

• execrable
• execration
• execrative
• execratory

External links

• execrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• execrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• execrate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Participle

exēcrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of exēcrātus