| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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imprecate
to call down or invoke (curses, evil) upon a person
On the Tonight Show, the Great Swami (played by Johnny Carson), would regularly imprecate "the fleas of a thousand camels" upon the less than properly credulous or properly deferential Ed McMann.
Related English words: imprecation (a curse; act of cursing), imprecator, imprecatory
Latin root words: prex, precis, f. - request, entreaty, prayer; precatio, precationis, f. - entreaty, request, prayer; precor, precari, precatus - to entreat, request, pray, beg
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