imprecate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
    • The bad witch cursed the child
  2. verb utter obscenities or profanities
    cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
    • The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street

WordNet

Im"pre*cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Imprecated ; present participle & verbal noun Imprecating
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913