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Definition of Execrate

1. Verb. Find repugnant. "Sam and Sue execrate the movie "; "She abhors cats"

2. Verb. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment. "Sam and Sue execrate the movie "

Definition of Execrate

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Execrate

1. Verb. To feel loathing for; abhor. ¹

2. Verb. To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce. ¹

3. Verb. (archaic) To invoke a curse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Execrate

1. to curse [v -CRATED, -CRATING, -CRATES] - See also: curse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Execrate

excycloduction excyclophoria excyclotorsion excyclotropia excyclovergence excystation exduction exeat exeats exec

exec. execrable execrableness execrablenesses execrably execrate (current term) execrated execrates execrating execration

execrations execrative execratives execrator execrators execratory execs exection executability executable

Literary usage of Execrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Their obstinacy must be detested by the wise and virtuous; the inevitable ruin attending it will be unpitied by all, and posterity will execrate their ..."

2. Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana which are Contained in the Holy by Emanuel Swedenborg (1857)
"Thou shalt not curse God,and the priit ce 'hi thy people thou s/wlt not execrate. Tlie first-fruits of thy corn, and we first-fruits of thy wine thou, ..."

3. Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy by John Henry Sherburne (1825)
"Humanity starts back from such scenes of horror, and cannot sufficiently execrate the vile promoters of this detestable war. ..."

4. The Diary of the Revolution: A Centennial Volume Embracing the Current by Frank Moore (1876)
"Their obstinacy must be detested by the wise and virtuous; the inevitable ruin attending it will be unpitied by all, and posterity will execrate their ..."

5. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"Avoir en execration, to execrate, ... fa. to execrate, to detest, to abhor, to abominate. ... execrate ..."

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