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Definition of Imprecating
1. imprecate [v] - See also: imprecate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprecating
Literary usage of Imprecating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1863)
"[ Whosoever will, I will contend with him by imprecating ... [properly so called,
ie, persons who join in imprecating a curse upon such of them as is the ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"... and imprecating evils upon him, the cursing and imprecating evils upon any of
his subjects, and threatening evils In them, for their just and ..."
3. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"As also, that by the law of God, the laws of this, and all other well governed
nations, the cursing of his majestie, and imprecating evils upon him, ..."
4. The Diary of the Reverend John Mill: Minister of the Parishes of Dunrossness by John Mill (1889)
"Thomas Fea in Noss was Rebuk'd before the Congregation for imprecating Damnation
upon his Neighbour and taking God's name in Vain, for which the Session ..."
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