execrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: execrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for execrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
execrate v find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" Synonym(s): abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment Synonym(s): accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Execrate \Ex"ecrate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Execrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Execrating}.] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See {Sacred}.] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. [bd]They . . . execrate* their lct.[b8] --Cowper.