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execrate

ex·e·crate [ éksə kràyt ] (past and past participle ex·e·crat·ed, present participle ex·e·crat·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·e·crates)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb detest somebody or something: to feel loathing for somebody or something

2. transitive verb denounce somebody or something: to declare somebody or something to be loathsome

3. transitive and intransitive verb curse somebody or something: to curse or put a curse on somebody or something

[Mid-16th century. < Latin execrari "undo consecration" < sacrare (see sacred)]

ex·e·cra·tive adjective
ex·e·cra·tor noun
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