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imprecatory, a.|ˈɪmprɪkeɪtərɪ, -kəˌtərɪ, ɪmprɪˈkeɪtərɪ|
[f. L. imprecāt-, ppl. stem of imprecārī + -ory.]
1. Expressing or involving imprecation; invoking evil or divine vengeance; cursing, maledictory.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 400/2 An epitaph imprecatorie..is here placed as a conclusion of this his memoriall, and appliable vnto all..that antichristian and diabolicall succession. 1628Sir S. D'Ewes Jrnl. (1783) 46 This hexastich..of a like imprecatorie nature as the former. a1792G. Horne in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxviii. 4–5 In most of the imprecatory passages the imperative and the future are used promiscuously. 1881W. Robertson Smith Old Test. in Jew. Ch. vii. 207 The interpretation of the imprecatory Psalms.
†2. Of the nature of prayer or invocation; invoking blessing; invocatory. Obs. rare.
a1625Boys Wks. (1629) 665 Other imprecatorie, by way of a good wish or salutation, the Lord be with you.
Hence ˈimprecatorily adv., in the way of an imprecation or curse.
1874E. P. Crowell Notes to Andria of Terence 158 Abin, an interrogative form used imprecatorily. |