imprecate

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

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.
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            Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty
            empire.                               --Mickle.
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   2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
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            In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
            And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester.
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