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imprecate

[im-pri-kayt] / ˈɪm prɪˌkeɪt /


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"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 Bernhard Severin Ingemann

But now there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.

From Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wherefore at once my faith, my hope, my fire My soul doth imprecate, ere she expire.

From The Decameron, Volume I by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg

But now, there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name.

From True Stories of History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne

How often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being!

From Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

He banned them bitterly; with uplifted hands and eyes he imprecated the vengeance of Heaven on their disobedience.

From Folk-lore and Legends: German by Anonymous

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 William Godwin

That it was by no means consistent that now, when it was lawful and their duty, they should not exert their power against persons, on whom they had severally imprecated the vengeance of the gods.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius

His defiance of Earl Grey was pronounced nearly the same time that he imprecated vengeance on the Sydney democracy.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West

They scolded, railed and imprecated, Abased, defied and execrated; With malediction, ban and curse They simply went from bad to worse; Carramba!

From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by C. M. (Charles McClellan) Stevens

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

And sullenly, with stealthy gestures of menace, they retreated towards the entrance; and gabbling more loudly as they approached it, seemed to be imprecating vengeance on those who cast them out.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman

Round him he heard nothing but confused noises from the camp, the cries of the soldiers imprecating a thousand evils upon his head.

From Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by William Pinnock

He peered down upon the head of the luckless nurse, mutely imprecating.

From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs




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