- (v.t.) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
- (v.i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
- (v.t.) The cause of great harm, evil or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- (v.t.) An invocation of or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
- (v.t.) To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
- (v.t.) Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly or in passion; subjection to or sentence of, divine condemnation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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