单词 | imprecatory |
释义 | imprecatoryadj. 1. Expressing or involving imprecation; invoking evil or divine vengeance; cursing, maledictory. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] execrable1382 imprecatory1587 execratory1611 execratious1748 maledictory1822 execrative1830 the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] execrable1382 comminatory1508 banning1586 imprecatory1587 detesting1591 execratory1611 devotory1652 imprecating1686 execratious1748 maledictory1822 execrating1829 execrative1830 comminative1835 maledictive1860 society > faith > worship > excommunication > imprecation > [adjective] imprecatory1587 maledictive1860 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1400/2 An epitaph imprecatorie..is here placed as a conclusion of this his memoriall, and appliable vnto all..that antichristian and diabolicall succession. 1628 S. D'Ewes Jrnl. Parl. (1783) 46 This hexastich..of a like imprecatorie nature as the former. a1792 G. Horne in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxviii. 4–5 In most of the imprecatory passages the imperative and the future are used promiscuously. 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church vii. 207 The interpretation of the imprecatory Psalms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > appealing appealing1598 imprecatorya1625 applicatory1653 invocatory1691 invocative1821 appellant1871 a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 665 Other imprecatorie, by way of a good wish or salutation, the Lord be with you. Derivatives ˈimprecatorily adv. in the way of an imprecation or curse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] imprecatingly1652 execratively1837 imprecatorily1874 the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] accursedlyc1330 with a vengeance1573 imprecatingly1652 execratively1837 imprecatorily1874 1874 E. P. Crowell Notes to Andria of Terence 158 Abin, an interrogative form used imprecatorily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1587 |
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