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ex·ecrate (ek′si krāt′)

transitive verb execrated -·crat′·ed, execrating -·crat′·ing

  1. to call down evil upon; curse
  2. to speak abusively or contemptuously of; denounce scathingly
  3. to loathe; detest; abhor

Etymology: < L execratus, pp. of execrare, to curse < ex-, out + sacrare, to consecrate < sacer, sacred

intransitive verb

to curse

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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