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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Imprecated (0.00979 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Imprecated.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: imprecate
imprecate
v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
“The bad witch cursed the
child” [syn:
curse,
beshrew,
damn,
bedamn,
anathemize,
anathemise,
maledict] [ant:
bless]
2: utter obscenities or profanities;
“The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street” [syn:
curse,
cuss,
blaspheme,
swear]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Imprecated
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.
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Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty
empire. --Mickle.
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2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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