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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.
Literally, to curse; to denounce evil agianst, or to imprecate evil on; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
Definition 2024
execrate
execrate
English
Verb
execrate (third-person singular simple present execrates, present participle execrating, simple past and past participle execrated)
- To feel loathing for; abhor.
- To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
- (archaic) To invoke a curse.
Translations
To feel loathing for
(archaic) To invoke a curse
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