as in to curse
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her

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curse
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  • Trueman will executive produce the series, which follows an aspiring author, cursed with writer’s block and ridden with debt, who is offered a huge amount of money to commit a heinous crime.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In other words, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Imprecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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