imprecate
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"Swear!" he said: "imprecate a curse upon thyself if thou hast said anything untrue to save thy master."
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
But now, there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
To imprecate evil on any living being seems to them unchristian, barbarous, a relic of dark ages and dark superstitions.
From Town and Country Sermons by Kingsley, Charles
Bowing my head to think—to pray—to imprecate, I lost all sense of time and place.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Wherefore at once my faith, my hope, my fire My soul doth imprecate, ere she expire.
From The Decameron, Volume I by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
I have undone them all, and will know no comfort—Then letting go his hold, and falling upon his knees, he imprecated curses on himself.
From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.
That it was by no means consistent that now, when it was lawful and their duty, they should not exert their power against persons, on whom they had severally imprecated the vengeance of the gods.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus
"Sapristi!" imprecated Maryan, and immediately he laughed again.
From The Argonauts by Curtin, Jeremiah
What I said, spoke, begged, or imprecated, Heaven knows—not I. But they stirred not!
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James
They scolded, railed and imprecated, Abased, defied and execrated; With malediction, ban and curse They simply went from bad to worse; Carramba!
From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)
He throws effort into this record, whining, yammering, imprecating, imitating himself fabulously.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2011
Thousands of pleading, imprecating letters from cloak-and-suit men the country over forced him to change his mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
By imprecating unhallowed curses on the royal family.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
Cilla sprang to her, followed by the guide, imprecating bad luck to the slippery stones.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The gentleman who performed for us the part of Chorus, gave us to wit, that they were lamenting the fall of Algiers, and imprecating maledictions on the head of the French.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
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