imprecate
imprecate · imprecates · imprecated · imprecating
проклинать
To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitousTo call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
/ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/
» He imprecated with a hoarse and furious voice a thousand curses upon those attendants who had permitted his captive to escape.
Meaning
1 sensesTo call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
проклина́тьproklinátʹ, проклина́тьproklinátʹ
More definitions
- utter obscenities or profanities
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Examples
1 sentencesHe imprecated with a hoarse and furious voice a thousand curses upon those attendants who had permitted his captive to escape.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to call down by prayer:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good orBorrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).
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Forms
imprecates, imprecating, imprecated, imprecated| Base form | imprecate · to imprecate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | imprecates |
| Present participle | imprecating |
| Past simple | imprecated |
| Past participle | imprecated |
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Synonyms
10 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle