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imprecate vt. 祈求,詛咒 祈求,詛咒 imprecate v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [synonym: {curse}, {beshrew}, {damn}, {bedamn}, {anathemize}, {anathemise}, {imprecate}, {maledict}] [ant: {bless}] 2: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [synonym: {curse}, {cuss}, {blaspheme}, {swear}, {imprecate}] Imprecate \Im"pre*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imprecated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Imprecating}.] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on precari to pray. See {Pray}.] 1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. [1913 Webster] Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. --Mickle. [1913 Webster] 2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. [1913 Webster] In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester. [1913 Webster]
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