Imprecate /(?)/

Im·pre·cate

Imprecate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Imprecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imprecating

  1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
    Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire.
    — Mickle.
  2. To invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at.
    In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate.