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imprecation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imprecation \Im`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. imprecatio: cf F. impr['e]cation.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. --Motley. Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See {Malediction}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: imprecation n : a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" [syn: {malediction}]
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