imprecate
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
Origin of imprecate
1Other words for imprecate
Opposites for imprecate
Other words from imprecate
- im·pre·ca·tor, noun
- im·pre·ca·to·ry, adjective
- un·im·pre·cat·ed, adjective
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How to use imprecate in a sentence
He has previously repeatedly called for the death of President Obama via imprecatory prayer.
Glazier responded by branding the woman a witch and began to utter imprecatory prayers.
According to the film, Muthee organized several weeks of imprecatory prayer against Mama Jane.
He has been offering “imprecatory prayers” against “the usurper that is in the White House…B. Hussein Obama.”
Caleb read on; he was reading now one of the imprecatory psalms.
Pembroke | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The one redeeming feature in these imprecatory petitions is that they have always served the Oriental as a safety-valve.
The Syrian Christ | Abraham Mitrie RihbanyThe style of the imprecatory psalms and the denunciating prophets is out of date.
The American Mind | Bliss PerryDesvœux put on Blunt's square awkward manner and coughed an imprecatory cough.
Chronicles of Dustypore | Henry Stewart CunninghamThis is the last and the most terrible of the imprecatory psalms.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III | Alexander Maclaren
British Dictionary definitions for imprecate
/ (ˈɪmprɪˌkeɪt) /
(intr) to swear, curse, or blaspheme
(tr) to invoke or bring down (evil, a curse, etc): to imprecate disaster on the ship
(tr) to put a curse on
Origin of imprecate
1Derived forms of imprecate
- imprecatory, adjective
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