Im″pre‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Imprecated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Imprecating (?).] [L. imprecatus, p. p. of imprecari to imprecate; pref. im- in, on + precari to pray. See Pray.] 1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire. Mickle.
2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
In vain we blast the ministers of Fate,
And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.