imprecate

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By the grim curse, their sire did imprecate --

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  1. transitive verb To invoke evil upon; curse.

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  1. Latin imprecāri, imprecāt- : in-, towards; see in-2 + precārī, to pray, ask; see prek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin imprecatus, inprecatus, past participle of imprecari, inprecari (later Italian imprecare = Spanish Portuguese imprecar), invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon, from in, upon, + precari, pray: see pray.
 

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/ˈɪmprəkeɪt/
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