imprecate
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Did not my father imprecate the wrath of Heaven upon me, if I held communion with her or hers?
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
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)
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
V. To curse, accurse, imprecate, scold, rail, execrate.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
"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
"Sapristi!" imprecated Maryan, and immediately he laughed again.
From The Argonauts by Curtin, Jeremiah
It bewailed the fallen honours of the Abencerrages, and imprecated vengeance on their oppressors.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington
He imprecated bitter curses on the palace where she died, and he ordered it to be destroyed.
From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
He imprecated with a hoarse and furious voice a thousand curses upon those attendants who had permitted his captive to escape.
From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William
Together they broke a gold coin, of which each wore a half, and solemnly called upon God to witness them plighting their troth, and together imprecated dreadful evils upon the one who should prove faithless.
From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie
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
Voices were indeed occasionally heard invoking the blessings of the gods upon them, or imprecating curses upon the head of the scourge Aurelian.
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William
Within the room the men and women jostled each other in the darkness, or jammed imprecating in the narrow doorway.
From Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Lillibridge, Will
Round him he heard nothing but confused noises from the camp, the cries of the soldiers imprecating a thousand evils upon his head.
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