imprecate
10 synonyms for imprecate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To curse someone, wishing harm on them.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).
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