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execrate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛɡzɪkɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aceeertxStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

Word origin

From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).

Used in a sentence

  • Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
  • And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
  • He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.

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