imprecate

Verb
Synonyms: cursebeshrewdamnbedamnanathemizeanathemisemaledictcussblasphemeswear

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon“The bad witch cursed the child”Synonyms: cursebeshrewdamnbedamnanathemizeanathemisemaledict
  2. utter obscenities or profanities“The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”Synonyms: cursecussblasphemeswear
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire.— Mickle.[1913 Webster]

2.To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. [1913 Webster]

In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate.— Rochester.[1913 Webster]
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