imprecate
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin imprecari (“‘to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon’”) < in (“‘upon’”) + precari (“‘to pray’”).
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to imprecate (third-person singular simple present imprecates, present participle imprecating, simple past and past participle imprecated)
- (transitive) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
- (transitive) To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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- Russian: проклинать ru(ru) (1, 2)
[edit] External links
- imprecate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- imprecate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- imprecate at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
imprecate
- Second-person plural present tense of imprecare.
- Second-person plural imperative of imprecare.
- Feminine plural of imprecato.