Synonyms for imprecate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-pri-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm prɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of imprecate

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