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Definition of Execrated
1. execrate [v] - See also: execrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Execrated
Literary usage of Execrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins: Containing Details of His Captivity by Christopher Hawkins, Charles Ira Bushnell (1864)
"Such is the last of the Jersey, that ancient ship, once so famed, so execrated,
so feared; and now there is none so poor to do her reverence. ..."
2. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1852)
"... church was so deservedly execrated by all, that the pope's authority was
respected by few, if any. The desolation of the Bolognese and other partisans ..."
3. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"... 1 have ever despised and execrated the cowardly assassin, who, skulking in
obscurity, sends forth his malignant shafts to wound the peace and the ..."
4. The Legion of Liberty: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words by Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy (1857)
"While the name and memory of Napoleon Bonaparte will be execrated, ever venerate'1,
will be those of TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. The George Washington of St. ..."
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