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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Imprecate \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of
imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray.
See {Pray}.]
1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or
calamitous.
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Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty
empire. --Mickle.
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2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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