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Definition of Imprecating

Imprecating
Imprecate Im"pre*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imprecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating.] [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.

Meaning of Imprecating from wikipedia

- A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune...
- endure the labours of war and flight, poisoned himself with a yew, after imprecating curses upon Ambiorix. The Gaulish personal name Catu-uolcos ('war-falcon...
- mountain stream water on their nipples" (9), removing their skirts and imprecating loudly. Realizing that he is besieged and resolving to fell the Muu tree...
- the Book of Psalms of the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: תנ"ך), are those that imprecateinvoke judgment, calamity or curses upon one's enemies or those perceived...
- prec- precat-  – pray apprecation, deprecable, deprecate, deprecation, imprecate, imprecation, pray, prayer, precarious, precation, precatory prehendō...
- him, he knelt down in the orchard wherein he was taken, and solemnly imprecated vengeance upon the traitor and his posterity, which curses are said to...
- Meanwhile, on top of the bridge, Lady Lightbug is trapped in a large jar and imprecates the heroes for her imprisonment. The end of the episode features a brief...
- turning round with jealous eye, causes bewitchment with his mouth, or imprecates with 'words,' may the slag of Hiisi fill his eyes, the soot of Hiisi soil...
- blessings of the holy book and made liable to that vengeance which he has imprecated on his own head." Prior to 1985 amendments to N.C.G.S. § 11-2, the statutory...
- Balaraju, and he again p****es away. All at once, Sita is infuriated and imprecates Indra when all the deities arrive. Siva brings Balaraju to life, and Indra...