Imprecate Definition

ĭmprĭ-kāt
imprecated, imprecates, imprecating
verb
imprecated, imprecates, imprecating
To invoke (evil) upon (someone); curse.
Webster's New World

To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

Wiktionary

Origin of Imprecate

  • Latin imprecāri imprecāt- in- towards in–2 precārī to pray, ask prek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin imprecari (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”), from in (“upon”) + precari (“to pray”).

    From Wiktionary

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