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1. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   "The bad witch imprecated the child"
   - curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], maledict, dang [N. Amer], doggone [N. Amer]
    
2. Utter obscenities or profanities
   "The drunken men were imprecating loudly in the street"
   - curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, eff and blind [Brit], eff [Brit]

Derived forms: imprecated, imprecates, imprecating

See also: imprecation

Type of: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, express, give tongue to, invoke, put forward, raise, stir, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Imprecate