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imprecation means: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

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imprecation

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aceiimnoprtStarts with IEnds with N0 clues

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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

Learned borrowing from Latin imprecātiō (“calling down of curses”), from imprecor (“call down, invoke”).

“Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […]”
“Her son turned to look at her as she reeled and swayed in the middle of the room, her fierce face convulsed with passion, her blotched arms raised high in imprecation. "May Gawd curse her forever," she shrieked.”
“Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head.”

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