单词 | imprecate |
释义 | imprecatev. 1. transitive. To pray for, invoke (something, usually from a deity). a. To invoke or call down (evil or calamity) upon a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE for-waryc1175 cursec1200 bana1275 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 maledighta1400 destinyc1400 damn1477 detest1533 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 execrate1612 imprecate1613 maledict1780 the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > invoke or call down evil or calamity upon a person execrate1602 imprecate1613 devote1647 society > faith > worship > excommunication > imprecation > imprecate [verb (transitive)] imprecate1613 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 216 The falling sicknesse..they vse to imprecate it to each other in their anger, as they also doe the plague. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. i. 220 Imprecating upon himself that he might be burnt. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 800 How importunately soever our past guilts may imprecate the divine Vengeance upon us. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xvii. 107 She..imprecated a thousand curses upon his head. 1852 N. Hawthorne Grandfather's Chair iii. ix There is scarcely a tongue..that does not imprecate curses on his name. b. To pray for; to beg for, entreat (something good). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 93 Preists and Presbyters who give baptisme, and imprecate the Lords advent, to the Eucharist. 1664 Ld. Carlisle in A. Marvell Wks. (1875) II. 110 I wish and imprecate to your Imperial Majestie all Happiness. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. i. 6 He..would only imprecate patience till he shall again have ‘got the hang’ (as he calls it) of an accomplishment long disused. 2. To pray (a deity), invoke, supplicate. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke halsec825 askOE witnec1200 halsenc1290 calla1325 incalla1340 to speak to ——1362 interpel1382 inclepec1384 turnc1384 becallc1400 ethec1400 peala1425 movec1450 provoke1477 adjure1483 invoke1490 conjurea1500 sue1521 invocatea1530 obtest1548 obtestate1553 to throw oneself on (or upon)1592 obsecrate1598 charm1599 to cry on ——1609 behight1615 imprecate1643 impray1855 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. f. 39v Which I shall dayly imprecate the God of Peace, speedily to accomplish. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. viii. 105 Imprecating the Lord. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] awariec825 wary?c1225 bana1400 condemnc1460 imprecatea1645 execrate1786 peste1824 the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore beseech?c1225 praya1250 plead1340 pursuec1390 implore?a1513 perplead1581 entreat1593 beg1598 oratec1600 contest1607 deprecate1626 imprecatea1645 obtest1650 prig1700 special-plead1814 plea1868 a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 204 Polexander, not knowing whom to accuse but his destinie, imprecated against himselfe. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ix. 140 After they had imprecated on the head of the sacrifice, they cut it off. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. 23 Aristides..was so far from acting, or imprecating against them, that [etc.]. 4. transitive. To invoke evil upon (a person); to curse. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE forcurse1154 cursec1175 for-waryc1175 bana1275 ashend1297 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 shrew1338 beshrew1377 maledighta1400 to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400 defyc1430 destinya1450 condemn1489 detest1533 adjure1539 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 consecrate1589 exaugurate1600 execrate1612 imprecate1616 blasta1634 damna1640 vote1644 to swear at ——1680 devote1749 maledict1780 comminate1801 bless1814 peste1824 cuss1863 bedamn1875 mugger1951 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Imprecate, to curse and wish euill. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 66 The Jewes imprecated themselves with ‘His blood bee on us, and on our children’. 1760 S. Derrick Lett. (1767) I. 90 View this..baseness and ingratitude of the Stuarts, and imprecate the name, ye infatuated friends of that family. 1879 W. Minto Defoe iii. 33 His co-religionists were imprecating him as the man who had brought this persecution upon them. Derivatives ˈimprecating adj. that imprecates, invoking a curse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] execrable1382 comminatory1508 banning1586 imprecatory1587 detesting1591 execratory1611 devotory1652 imprecating1686 execratious1748 maledictory1822 execrating1829 execrative1830 comminative1835 maledictive1860 the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > uttering curses banning1586 detesting1591 maledicent1599 devotory1652 imprecating1686 execrating1829 maledictive1860 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland i. 40 He swore to them, in a most imprecating stile, that he would never discover the secret. ˈimprecatingly adv. in the way of a curse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] imprecatingly1652 execratively1837 imprecatorily1874 the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] accursedlyc1330 with a vengeance1573 imprecatingly1652 execratively1837 imprecatorily1874 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 280 Picus Mirandula..was envyously and imprecatingly told..that [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1613 |
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