imprecate

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

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

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

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

From The Alaskan by Curwood, James Oliver

Then rose a roar of indignation against the Englishmen who had dared, under the hypocritical pretence of devotion, to imprecate curses on England.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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