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imprecation(dictionary)

imprecation (iou)



imprecation noun. LME.
[Latin imprecatio(n-), formed as IMPRECATE: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of imprecating, spec. of invoking or calling down evil on a person etc.; cursing. LME.
A prayer, an entreaty. Now rare. L16.
An invocation of evil; esp. a spoken curse or other expression of hostility. E17.
T. Mo An immense crowd of Chinese, howling imprecations and with offensive weapons in their hands.