Definition of Impricate
Im"pre*cate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Imprecated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Imprecating (?).] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of
imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on +
precari to pray. See Pray.] 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
- To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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