| Front | imprecate \IM-pri-kayt\ |
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| Back | verb tr. To invoke evil upon; curse. [Latin imprecari, imprecat- : in-, towards + precari, to pray, ask.] "Bear witness, gods, you heard him bid me go; You, whom he mocked with imprecating vows Of promised faith! - I'll die; I will not bear it." |
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