imprecate

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V. To curse, accurse, imprecate, scold, rail, execrate.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

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

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

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

From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He ceased to imprecate only when, by repetition, his oaths became too inexpressive to be worth while.

From The Eagle's Heart by Garland, Hamlin

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

From Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft