'Imprecate' definitions:

Definition of 'imprecate'

verb

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]

verb

Utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. --Mickle. [1913 Webster]
2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. [1913 Webster]
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. --Rochester. [1913 Webster]