Verb: imprecate 'im-pru,keyt
- Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
"The bad witch imprecated the child";
- curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], maledict [archaic], dang [N. Amer, informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal]
- Utter obscenities or profanities
"The drunken men were imprecating loudly in the street";
- curse, cuss [informal], blaspheme, swear, eff [Brit, informal], eff and blind [Brit]
Derived forms: imprecated, imprecates, imprecating
Type of: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, express, give tongue to, invoke, raise, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Encyclopedia: Imprecate