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execrate, v.|ˈɛksɪkreɪt|
[f. L. execrāt- (exsecrāt-) ppl. stem of execrāri (essecrāri) to curse, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + sacrāre to devote religiously (in good sense, to a deity; in bad sense, to destruction), f. sacr-um (masc. nom. sacer) devoted, religiously set apart; hence, in good sense, hallowed to a deity, sacred; and in bad sense, devoted to destruction, accursed. Cf. consecrate.]
†1. trans. To pronounce a curse upon; to declare accursed. to execrate out: to drive out with a curse. Obs. rare.
1639Fuller Holy War iv. xxviii. (1840) 229 His own share [of goods] he execrated, and caused it to be burnt. 1691Ed. Taylor tr. Behmen's Theos. Philos. xv. 272 Became execrated out of Paradise.
absol.1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 13 It is one thing..to excommunicate, another to curse and execrate.
†b. Occasionally used by way of antithesis to consecrate: To make unholy. Obs.
a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 193 The bastard Bischope, who yit was not execrated (consecrated thei call it). 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 33 Execrating a Protestant Parish Church one day, and consecrating it the next. 1656Artif. Handsom. 156 As if meer plebeian noyse..were enough to..execrate anything as..devilish.
2. To imprecate evil upon (as an expression of hatred); to express or feel intense loathing or abhorrence for; to abhor, detest.
1561tr. Calvin's 4 Godly Serm. i. D j, The Iewes..of that time..are commaunded..to execrate the idolatrie of the Chaldeans. a1698Temple (J.), Some form contrary to that which they lately execrated and detested. 1765G. Colman Terence Pref. 42 Le Fevre wrote a most elegant copy of Latin verses, execrating the Flute. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. i. 58 The name of Arius was execrated. 1857Buckle Civiliz. I. viii. 543 Their views..would have been execrated as impious novelties.
†3. To call down (something) upon (a person) as a curse; to imprecate. Obs. rare.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 374 In maintenance of a falsehood..he execrated vpon himselfe a choaking.
4. intr. To utter curses.
1786Francis, the Philanthropist III. 3 He received a thousand curses from his master, who continued to execrate, the whole way to Dartford. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg., The Ghost, He execrated Ere he crawled into bed. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) I. iv. iii. 294 England..execrates lamentably over its William Conqueror.
Hence ˈexecrated ppl. a., accursed, detested. ˈexecrating ppl. a., that execrates.
1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 174 If any man who serves at the altar be accused of a crime..let him eat the execrated bread [mistranslation of OE. corsnǽd]. 1769Oxford Mag. II. 144/1 This execrated, because culpable child. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1371 We saw this execrated island at the distance of about four leagues. 1829The Bengallee 61 All these..spake execrating volumes against the complicated cruelty. 1878[see execrable 2]. |