execrate
verb (used with object)
to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
have execrated
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present perfectof execrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A thought soon troubled her delicious reverie, and she inquired: "Peradventure, then, the creed which I have execrated may be truer and better than that which I have professed?"
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
The Italian historians have execrated him for this act, which they regard as that of a traitor.
From Italy, the Magic Land by Lilian Whiting
