imprecate

Example Sentences

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There was nothing for him to resent, nothing for him to imprecate but his own folly.

From The Alaskan by Curwood, James Oliver

Did not my father imprecate the wrath of Heaven upon me, if I held communion with her or hers?

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

To be a thorough expert in dog-training a man must be able to imprecate freely and with considerable variety in at least three different languages.

From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis

O Man: Pass not all heedless by, nor imprecate This aged relic of the past because It lies across thy path!

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various

Further, he made the priests imprecate curses on any one who had dealings with the Persians or deserted the Greek cause.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey