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imprecation
The act of invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
A curse.
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Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head.
He drank the spirits and impatiently bade us go; terminating his command with a sequel of horrid imprecations too bad to repeat or remember.
All life had turned to rottenness and stench in them--love was a beastliness, joy was a snare, and God was an imprecation.
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