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 To Verb Execrate Evil Denunciation Ex·E·Crate Transitive  Latin 

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ex·e·crate

 \\ˈek-sə-ˌkrāt\\ transitive verb 
(-crat·ed ; -crat·ing)
 ETYMOLOGY  Latin exsecratus, past participle of exsecrari to put under a curse, from ex + sacr-, sacer sacred
 DATE  1531
1. to declare to be evil or detestable : 
denounce
2. to detest utterly
• ex·e·cra·tive 
 \\-ˌkrā-tiv\\ adjective
• ex·e·cra·tor 
 \\-ˌkrā-tər\\ noun
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
ex·e·crate
\ˈeksəˌkrāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin execratus, exsecratus, past participle of execrari, exsecrari, from ex- ex- (I) + -secrari (from sacr-, sacer sacred) — more at 
sacred
transitive verb
1. archaic : to call down curses upon : put under a curse :pronounce accursed
2. : to declare to be evil or detestable : 
denounce
damn
revile
 < he was execrated as a murderer and adulterer >
3. : to detest utterly : 
abhor
 < finally came to execrate the Victorian values — New Yorker >
intransitive verb
: 
curse
swear
 < he longed to execrate aloud — James Joyce >
Synonyms: 
 
curse
damn
anathematize
objurgate
execrate
 indicates a violent denouncing with intense loathing and, usually, furious passion
  < for a little while he was execrated in Rome; his statues were overthrown, and his name was blotted from the records — John Buchan >
  < the murder will be added to the many crimes of Egidio Gambara, that posterity may execrate his name — Rafael Sabatini >
  
curse
 and 
damn
 both signify fervent angry denunciation by oaths; the former may seem somewhat more literary than the latter
  < in literature, with his usual charming violence, he cursed Conrad's style — F.A.Swinnerton >
  < he told me great tales of their cruelty, and he cursed them most bitterly — Hugh Walpole >
  < he mentally damned the cook as the real cause of his distress — F.M.Crofts >
  damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead — David Farragut >
  
anathematize
 indicates solemn, although perhaps impassioned, formal denunciation or condemnation, as a churchman's denunciation of evil
  < in the course of the proceedings of the Council, the earlier deposition of Arius by an Alexandrian synod was confirmed and his teachings were anathematized — Frank Thilly >
  
objurgate
 may apply to the chiding of extremists
  objurgating the present incumbent of the White House >

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