IMPRECATE

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict

(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

imprecate (third-person singular simple present imprecates, present participle imprecating, simple past and past participle imprecated)

(transitive) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

Source: Wiktionary

Im"pre*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating.] Etym: [L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray.]

1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle.

2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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