Im·pre·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprecated p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating ]
1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. --Mickle.
2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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