imprecate

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• Should it be admitted that Moses here imprecated utter destruction on himself, it could not be alleged as a precept given to direct others, but only as a solitary incident, in the history of a saint, who was then compassed with infirmity. Sermons on Various Important Subjects
• He then imprecated the most heavy curses on himself, if he had not seen the volunteer, all over blood, vomiting fire out of his mouth and nostrils, pass by him into the chamber where Ensign Northerton was, and then seizing the ensign by the throat, fly away with him in a clap of thunder. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
• The defaulters imprecate on themselves, quicquid haben: telorum armamentaria coeli: the part of Judas, the leprosy of History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
• Mackshane, must now fall upon his shoulders, grew desperate at the prospect, and, though I never heard him swear before, imprecated dreadful curses on the heads of his oppressors, declaring that he would rather quit life altogether than be much longer under the power of such barbarians. The Adventures of Roderick Random
• When warned of his danger, and admonished to consider what would be his portion, should Jesus prove to be the Messias, he seems to have derided the friendly warnings, and imprecated on himself the vengeance of the Nazerene! Sermons on Various Important Subjects
• He is still living in the palace, but his misfortunes have so unhinged him that he imprecates the most unholy curses on his sons, praying that they may have to draw the sword before they share this house between them.
• The young couple broke a piece of gold together, and pledged their troth in the most solemn manner; and it is said the young lady imprecated dreadful evils on herself should she break her plighted faith. The Bride of Lammermoor
• This made the sage even more furious and he imprecated a curse on Karna.
• God, whose anger she had so rashly imprecated upon herself, or her husband. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1
• At first she had imprecated curses on her brothers, and cried, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867