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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imprecation  \Im`pre*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  imprecatio:  cf  F. 
  impr['e]cation.] 
  The  act  of  imprecating,  or  invoking  evil  upon  any  one  a 
  prayer  that  a  curse  or  calamity  may  fall  on  any  one  a  curse. 
 
  Men  cowered  like  slaves  before  such  horrid 
  imprecations.  --Motley. 
 
  Syn:  Malediction;  curse;  execration;  anathema.  See 
  {Malediction}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imprecation 
  n  :  a  curse  that  invokes  evil  (and  usually  serves  as  an  insult); 
  "he  suffered  the  imprecations  of  the  mob"  [syn:  {malediction}] 




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