The verb "execrate" means to detest, denounce, or curse. It originates from the Latin word for curse and shares roots with words like 'sacred' and 'saint'.
İngilizce
| Front | execrate \ek-si-KREYT\ |
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| Back | verb To detest, denounce, or curse. [From Latin execrari (to curse), from ex- + sacrare (to consecrate). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sak- (to sanctify), which is also the source of other words such as saint, consecrate, sacred, execrable, and sacrilegious. Earliest documented use: 1561.] "[Edward Said was] adored or execrated with equal intensity by many millions of readers." - The Rootless Cosmopolitan; The Nation (New York); Jul 19, 2004. |
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