Found 2 items, similar to Imprecating.
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: Imprecating 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]