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单词 imprecate
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imprecatev.

/ˈɪmprɪkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin imprecāt-, participial stem of imprecārī , in senses 1, 2, < im- (im- prefix1) + precārī to pray.
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.
3. absol. or intransitive. To pray; to invoke evil. Obsolete.
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.].
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