overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

imprecate.

To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/
  1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

imprecate has 9 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

imprecate studioimprecate workshello, imprecate

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.