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 imprecatory Epitaph referred to has already appeared in our columns.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
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
The imprecatory expressions which he made use of can never be copied by a feminine pen.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
When she saw Eva run down the road, with her black hair rising like a mane to the morning wind, she was an embodiment of an imprecatory psalm.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
