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.
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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