Synonyms for imprecate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : im-pri-keyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm prɪˌkeɪt

Top 10 synonyms for imprecate

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Définition of imprecate

Origin : 1610s, probably a back-formation from imprecation. Related: Imprecated; imprecating; imprecatory (1580s).

Example sentences :

There was nothing for him to resent, nothing for him to imprecate but his own folly.
Extract from : « The Alaskan » by James Oliver Curwood

But now there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.
Extract from : « Grandfather's Chair » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

To imprecate evil on any living being seems to them unchristian, barbarous, a relic of dark ages and dark superstitions.
Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley

I know not what I ought to imprecate on the wretches who had spread a report of your death.
Extract from : « Letters of John Calvin, Volume II (of 4) » by Jules Bonnet

He ceased to imprecate only when, by repetition, his oaths became too inexpressive to be worth while.
Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland

Bowing my head to think—to pray—to imprecate, I lost all sense of time and place.
Extract from : « Heralds of Empire » by Agnes C. Laut

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