imprecate

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/ === Verb === imprecate (third-person singular simple present imprecates, present participle imprecating, simple past and past participle imprecated) (transitive) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== imprecation imprecatory ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “imprecate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “imprecate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “imprecate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== imprecate inflection of imprecare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== imprecate f pl feminine plural of imprecato === Anagrams === campirete == Latin == === Participle === imprecāte vocative masculine singular of imprecātus == Spanish == === Verb === imprecate second-person singular voseo imperative of imprecar combined with te