IM'PRECATE, verb transitive [Latin imprecor; in and precor, to pray. See Pray.]
To invoke, as an evil on any one; to pray that a curse or calamity may fall on one's self or on another person.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.