Im'pre-cāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMPRECATED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMPRECATING.] [Lat. imprecari, imprecatum; prefix im, for in, and precari, to pray; It. imprecare, Sp. imprecare.]

1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous; to invoke, as evil. “Imprecate the vengeance of Heaven on the guilty empire.” Mickle.
2. To invoke evil on. [Rare.]

In vain we blast the minister of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.