curse, place a curse upon
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Imprecate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
(v. t.)
To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
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. imprecate the vengeance of heaven on the guilty empire.
2. to invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. in vain we blast the ministers of fate, and the forlorn physicians imprecate. --rochester.
imprecate
v
1. wish harm upon; put a curse on; "the bad witch cursed the child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, maledict]
[ant: bless]
2. utter obscenities or profanities; "the drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear]
(v.) to pray for evil; to invoke a curse A witch may imprecate an enemy with a curse of bad luck.
Verb
1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
(synonym) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, maledict
(hypernym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
(derivation) imprecation, malediction
2. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
(synonym) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
(verb-group) blaspheme
Imprecate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A curse (also called execration) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to a wish that harm or hurt will be inflicted by any supernatural powers, such as a spell, a prayer, an imprecation, an execration, magic, witchcraft, God, a natural force, or a spirit. In many belief systems, the curse itself (or accompanying ritual) is considered to have some causative force in the result.
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