verb
- to invoke evil or a curse upon someone or something
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The angry villager imprecates his enemies in the town square.
- She imprecates those who wronged her family.
- The character in the novel imprecates his rival with ancient words.
- He imprecates the storm that destroyed his crops.
- The priest warned against those who imprecate others in anger.
- She imprecates the day she made that terrible decision.