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Webster 1913 Edition

Execrate

Ex′e-crate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Execrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Execrating
.]
[L.
execratus
,
exsecratus
, p. p. of
execrare
,
exsecrare
, to execrate;
ex
out +
sacer
holy, sacred. See
Sacred
.]
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
“They . . . execrate their lct.”
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Execrate

EX'ECRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. execror, from ex and sacer, the primary sense of which is to separate. See Sacred.]
Literally, to curse; to denounce evil agianst, or to imprecate evil on; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.

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