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Definition of: execrate
(ek′sə·krāt) v. ·crat·ed, ·crat·ing v.t.
1. To curse, or call down evil upon.
2. To detest; abhor.
—v.i.
3. To utter curses. [<L execratus, pp. of execrari curse <ex- out + sacrare devote to a god <sacer holy, accursed]
—ex′e·cra′tor noun
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