execrate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
Verb[edit]
execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)
- To feel loathing for; abhor.
- To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
- (archaic) To invoke a curse.
Translations[edit]
To feel loathing for
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Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Further reading[edit]
- 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
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
exēcrāte
