EXECRATES

Verb

execrates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execrate

Anagrams

• excreates

Source: Wiktionary


EXECRATE

Ex"e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating.] Etym: [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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