Ĕx'e·crāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXECRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXECRATING.] [Lat. execrārī, execrārī, execrātum, execrātum, from ex, out of, from, and sacer, holy, sacred; O. Fr. execrer, Sp. execrar, It. execrāre.] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate; to curse. “They . . . execrate their lot.” Cowper.