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Imprecation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPRECA'TION, n. [L. imprecatio.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil on any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" [syn: imprecation, malediction]
2: a slanderous accusation

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. curse 2. the act of imprecating • imprecatory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a spoken curse; a malediction. 2 imprecating.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imprecation Im`pre*ca"tion, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F. impr['e]cation.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. --Motley. Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(imprecations) An imprecation is something rude, angry, or hostile that is said to or about someone. (FORMAL) N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Invocation (of evil). 2. Curse, malediction, execration, denunciation, anathema.

Moby Thesaurus

adjuration, anathema, appeal, application, ban, beseechment, bid, blasphemy, call, clamor, commination, cry, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, entreaty, evil eye, excommunication, execration, fulmination, hex, imploration, imploring, invocation, invocatory plea, malediction, malison, malocchio, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, prayer, profanity, proscription, rogation, suit, supplication, swearing, thundering, whammy