imprecate
verb (used with object)
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
imprecatory
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a word derived from
imprecate.
Example Sentences
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The lament also contains an imprecatory prayer asking God to bring judgment on David’s oppressors.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024
The toe is stamped upon; the pain is just as keen as ever: I cry out, and perhaps utter imprecatory language.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
Besides these curses, all of which are uttered in anger, the mountaineers have a number of milder imprecatory expressions which they use merely to give additional force or emphasis to a statement.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
"Don't you?" said she, coming a step closer, and changing her imprecatory cry for a whisper which made the gamekeeper's lad, following Mr. Gisborne, creep all over.
From The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
His feelings found vent in some of the imprecatory psalms.
From The Kentucky Ranger by Edward T. Curnick
