EXECRATE


Meaning of EXECRATE in English

v.

1. tr. express or feel abhorrence for.

2 tr. curse (a person or thing).

3 intr. utter curses.

Derivatives:

execration n. execrative adj. execratory adj.

Etymology: L exsecrare (as EX-(1), sacrare devote f. sacer sacred, accursed)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.