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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Execrate \Ex"e*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Execrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Execrating}.] [L. execratus exsecratus p. p. of execrare, exsecrare to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See {Sacred}.] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. ``They . . . execrate their lct.'' --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: execrate v 1: find repugnant [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {abominate}] 2: declare to be evil or anathema [syn: {anathemize}, {anathematize}]
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