Meaning & use
Imprecation
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A spoken curse or the act of invoking evil or harm upon someone.
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The old sailor muttered an imprecation against the storm that had wrecked his boat.
The play opens with the witch's imprecation against the royal family.
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From Latin 'imprecari', to invoke by prayer; a formal, somewhat literary word for cursing.
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