[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imprecate \im"precate\, 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.
      1913 webster

            imprecate the vengeance of heaven on the guilty
            empire.                               --mickle.
      1913 webster

   2. to invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
      1913 webster

            in vain we blast the ministers of fate,
            and the forlorn physicians imprecate. --rochester.
      1913 webster
see also:
imprecated imprecating pray 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

imprecate
     v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "the bad witch cursed the
          child" syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize,
           anathemise, maledict ant: bless
     2: utter obscenities or profanities; "the drunken men were
        cursing loudly in the street" syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme,
         swear
see also:
curse beshrew damn bedamn anathemize anathemise 
maledict bless cuss blaspheme swear 

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