IMPRECATION
\ɪmpɹɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɪmpɹɪkˈeɪʃən], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of IMPRECATION
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a slanderous accusation
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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
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a slanderous accusation
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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. The act of imprecating, or invoking evil ;-curse ; execration ; anathema.
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