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# imprecation

«imprecation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a curse, an angry wish that bad things will happen to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural imprecations)

### meaning for a pupil

An imprecation is a curse, an angry wish that bad things will happen to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprecation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a king or a witch who calls down a curse on a thief or a murderer; old use

### examples

- The witch shouted an imprecation at the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprecation/#x1)
- The king called down solemn imprecations on the murderer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprecation/#x2)
- Her imprecations could be heard across the valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprecation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imprecation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprecation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.