imprecator

imprecator

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  • imprecator — n. one who places a curse upon another …   English contemporary dictionary

  • imprecator — …   Useful english dictionary

  • imprecate — imprecator, n. imprecatory, adj. /im pri kayt /, v.t., imprecated, imprecating. to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person. [1605 15; < L imprecatus ptp. of imprecari to invoke, pray to or for, equiv. to im IM 1 + prec PRAY + atus… …   Universalium

  • imprecatory — See imprecator. * * * …   Universalium

  • vituperator — n 1. censurer, reviler, castigator, inveigher, reprover, disapprover, censor; denouncer, railer, curser, execrator, imprecator, anathematizer, critic; defamer, vilifier, vilipender, denigrator, scan dalizer, impugner, asperser, backbiter,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • imprecate — [c]/ˈɪmprəkeɪt / (say impruhkayt) verb (imprecated, imprecating) –verb (t) 1. call down or invoke (especially evil or curses), as upon a person. –verb (i) 2. to curse; swear. {Latin imprecātus, past participle, having invoked} –imprecator, noun… …  

  • imprecate — [im′pri kāt΄] vt. imprecated, imprecating [< L imprecatus, pp. of imprecari, to invoke, pray to < in , in, on + precari, to PRAY] 1. to pray for or invoke (evil, a curse, etc.) [to imprecate disaster upon one s foe] 2. Rare to invoke evil… …   English World dictionary

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