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imprecation n. 祈求,诅咒 祈求,诅咒 imprecation n 1: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil ( and usually serves as an insult); " he suffered the imprecations of the mob" [ synonym: { imprecation}, { malediction}] 2: a slanderous accusationImprecation \ Im` pre* ca" tion\, n. [ L. imprecatio: cf. F. impr[' e] cation.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. [ 1913 Webster] Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. -- Motley. Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See { Malediction}. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " imprecation": adjuration, anathema, appeal, application, ban, beseechment, bid, blasphemy, call, clamor, commination, cry, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, entreaty, evil eye, excommunication, execration, fulmination, hex, imploration, imploring, invocation, invocatory plea, malediction, malison, malocchio, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, prayer, profanity, proscription, rogation, suit, supplication, swearing, thundering, whammy
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