execrate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)
- (transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
- 1932, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nicodemus, "Prodigal Son":
- And were I not a thing for you and me
To execrate in angish, you would be
As indigent a stranger to surprise,
I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
- And were I not a thing for you and me
- 1932, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nicodemus, "Prodigal Son":
- (transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
- (intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
- 1914 June, James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, OCLC 1170255194:
- He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.
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Related terms[edit]
etymologically related
Translations[edit]
to feel loathing for
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to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce
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Further reading[edit]
- execrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- execrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- execrate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “execrate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
execrāte
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