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 →

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 →
• The king called down solemn imprecations on the murderer. tree →
• Her imprecations could be heard across the valley. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «imprecation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.