| 单词 | imprecate |
| 例句 | He throws effort into this record, whining, yammering, imprecating, imitating himself fabulously. New Music: ?SuperHeavy,? With Mick Jagger, and ?Where Are the Arms? - Review 2011-09-19T22:39:18Z To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z And sullenly, with stealthy gestures of menace, they retreated towards the entrance; and gabbling more loudly as they approached it, seemed to be imprecating vengeance on those who cast them out. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z When they were pressed to speak of religion, they burst into curses, and imprecated vengeance on their judge and jury, saying they were hung as poor rogues, but many worse escaped because they were rich. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z It was then that I remembered the vengeance which I had imprecated upon her head; and it was she who was avenged! Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Those of you who were with Cambyses when sick remember what he imprecated on the Persians if they did not seek to regain the dominion. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z As also Psal. cix. the Psalmist personates Christ, complaining of, and imprecating against his enemies; particularly Judas the traitor, verse 8. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z "Swear!" he said: "imprecate a curse upon thyself if thou hast said anything untrue to save thy master." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z “Herr Gott!” imprecated the latter presently, with set teeth and a savage glance upward as he stopped to listen. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Did not my father imprecate the wrath of Heaven upon me, if I held communion with her or hers? Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z When he had imprecated a bitter curse upon the Persians if they did not win back the kingdom, and take vengeance on the Magians, he threw himself head foremost down from the tower. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z He imprecates against the head of them that compassed him about, and consequently against Saul. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z In the station men wept and imprecated in their despair—twice they tried to go to the rescue of the beleaguered men, but could not reach them. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Her father, partaking of her grief, and imprecating the king of Egypt, did not doubt but this accident foretold some fatal event. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He was standing up, waving the loose ends of the reins about his head, and imprecating his horses into a gallop. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z He resisted, he prayed, he imprecated; and his father, too, who had no idea of proclaiming the affair in this way, did his utmost to prevail upon them to leave Miss Rety's name unmentioned. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Sometimes—and this was terrible—he blasphemed, he imprecated. Bye-Ways In the station, men wept and imprecated in their despair; twice they tried to go to the rescue of the beleaguered men, but could not reach them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 That is to say, it is His enemies on whom the judgements are imprecated. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition I further remember that I was not the only Sixty-firster that imprecated in strong Saxon. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry They cursed, imprecated, shook their fists, and threatened, as they surged into the road and looked down it toward the approaching driver. The Plunderer Then at last, as the conviction of his death came to her, she lifted her head and with a voice of level, hoarse-throated hate, she imprecated her murderers. They of the High Trails At first she had imprecated curses on her brothers, and cried, "Plagues that make lanes through largest families, Consume them!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 He imprecated bitter curses on the palace where she died, and he ordered it to be destroyed. Richard II Makers of History So they implore and imprecate, turning themselves into the ugliest and fiercest creatures they can, to frighten the evil spirits that they believe have come against them on the outspread wings of the storm. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) He denounced his hearers in the severest language if they failed to obey his injunctions, and imprecated upon them, in that event, all the curses of Heaven. Darius the Great Makers of History He banned them bitterly; with uplifted hands and eyes he imprecated the vengeance of Heaven on their disobedience. Folk-lore and Legends: German The gentleman who performed for us the part of Chorus, gave us to wit, that they were lamenting the fall of Algiers, and imprecating maledictions on the head of the French. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Cilla sprang to her, followed by the guide, imprecating bad luck to the slippery stones. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He peered down upon the head of the luckless nurse, mutely imprecating. The Secret Witness As I drew nearer they seemed to forget their agonies, and joined in a glad, wild chorus of imprecating welcome to me. The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia His defiance of Earl Grey was pronounced nearly the same time that he imprecated vengeance on the Sydney democracy. The History of Tasmania , Volume II His peroration consisted of a luxuriant use of imprecating adjectives which stamped him as a person of original thought. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The most painful privilege of the colyumist's job is the number of people who drop in to see him, usually when he is imprecating his way toward the hour of going to press. Pipefuls His countenance distorted with agony, and his soul agitated almost to madness, he imprecates vengeance upon his own head. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency If he fell into a slumber, he beheld in his dreams the shadowy phantoms of the necromantic tower, or the injured Florinda, pale and dishevelled, imprecating the vengeance of Heaven upon his head. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 He ceased to imprecate only when, by repetition, his oaths became too inexpressive to be worth while. The Eagle's Heart They scolded, railed and imprecated, Abased, defied and execrated; With malediction, ban and curse They simply went from bad to worse; Carramba! The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs He began, therefore, to imprecate vengeance, walked himself into a fair, cold-hearted, malicious passion, and avowed most distinctly that he hated her. The Young Duke Eager, feverish, fierce, recollecting and desiring and imprecating, her dry lips parted for a shriek that the dryer throat had at first no power to utter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 That it was by no means consistent that now, when it was lawful and their duty, they should not exert their power against persons, on whom they had severally imprecated the vengeance of the gods. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Bowing my head to think—to pray—to imprecate, I lost all sense of time and place. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Within the room the men and women jostled each other in the darkness, or jammed imprecating in the narrow doorway. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman O Man: Pass not all heedless by, nor imprecate This aged relic of the past because It lies across thy path! The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 V. To curse, accurse, imprecate, scold, rail, execrate. Public Speaking The young couple broke a piece of gold together, and pledged their troth in the most solemn manner, the young lady, it is said, imprecating dreadful evils on herself should she break her plighted faith. Strange Pages from Family Papers Round him he heard nothing but confused noises from the camp, the cries of the soldiers imprecating a thousand evils upon his head. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. I have undone them all, and will know no comfort—Then letting go his hold, and falling upon his knees, he imprecated curses on himself. The Gamester (1753) Mentally imprecating the cold, he exposed his bare hands and lighted another cigar. The Turtles of Tasman Bear witness, gods, you heard him bid me go; You, whom he mocked with imprecating vows Of promised faith!—I'll die; I will not bear it. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 But now, there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name. True Stories of History and Biography To be a thorough expert in dog-training a man must be able to imprecate freely and with considerable variety in at least three different languages. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America He is still living in the palace, but sick in mind through his misfortunes he imprecates the most unhallowed curses on his children, that they may share this house with the sharpened sword. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Should we grant that Moses here imprecated on himself the greatest evil, a sense of other people's sins, and not a sense of his own sins, was the occasion. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Together they broke a gold coin, of which each wore a half, and solemnly called upon God to witness them plighting their troth, and together imprecated dreadful evils upon the one who should prove faithless. Stories of the Border Marches Further, he made the priests imprecate curses on any one who had dealings with the Persians or deserted the Greek cause. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II He abstained from any violence to his wife and child, though he had imprecated many curses on the sons of Atreus: he neither hurt Teucer, nor even Ulysses himself. The Works of Horace By imprecating unhallowed curses on the royal family. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. It bewailed the fallen honours of the Abencerrages, and imprecated vengeance on their oppressors. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists At a very early period, he, in drinking, would imprecate vengeance upon "the head of him who ever lived to wear a halter." The Pirates Own Book Coarse voices, imprecating vengeance on her if she screamed, again, sounded in her ears: and then for a moment her course was stayed. The Castle Inn There was nothing for him to resent, nothing for him to imprecate but his own folly. The Alaskan To imprecate evil on any living being seems to them unchristian, barbarous, a relic of dark ages and dark superstitions. Town and Country Sermons O thou guileful betrayer! there is a just God, whom thou invokest: yet the thunderbolt descends not; and thou livest to imprecate and deceive! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 "Bernhardt's back expresses a storm of fury when she imprecates vengeance," said the voice of authority. What Dress Makes of Us "I know his features," he exclaimed with indignation: "I assert his innocence; and I imprecate the same, a juster fate, against the authors of his death." History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 How often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being! Frankenstein I must stop, stop to repress a mother's anguish; lest, in bitterness of soul, I imprecate the wrath of heaven on this tiger, who tore my only comfort from me. Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman My father, in the first agitations of his mind, on discovering your wicked, your shameful elopement, imprecated on his knees a fearful curse upon you. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 She imprecates the licentious world of crafty burghers, coquettes, gamblers, well-fed millionaires, cursed geese and serpents that make the cowardly vile world, and whom she would smite in the face with her indignant verse. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene He imprecated with a hoarse and furious voice a thousand curses upon those attendants who had permitted his captive to escape. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Voices were indeed occasionally heard invoking the blessings of the gods upon them, or imprecating curses upon the head of the scourge Aurelian. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra What I said, spoke, begged, or imprecated, Heaven knows—not I. But they stirred not! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 If then this man was Laius, he had imprecated a curse on himself; his one hope is the solitary survivor whom he had sent for; perhaps more than one man had killed Laius after all. Authors of Greece Space was wanted, and moreover its bony, imprecating arms, long since bereft of beckoning fingers, menaced our safety. My Tropic Isle Then turning towards his younger brothers, he imprecated a curse upon them if they should follow the example of their elder brethren. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 And when he swore, imprecating destruction upon himself and children, that he would save me, on condition of receiving a talent, I went to my chamber and opened the chest. The Orations of Lysias Maurice, conspicuous above all, with a white apron and a ladle in his hand, was running hither and thither, advising, admonishing, instructing, and occasionally imprecating. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 The scene rapidly changes to the shore, where Ajax cries to the gods, imprecates his foes, prays to Death, and after a remembrance of his native land falls on his sword. Authors of Greece At other times he would imprecate maledictions upon his head, and curse him as her destroyer. The Vampyre; a Tale He never made man after his own image to imprecate the wrath of heaven by blackening earth with his foul deeds. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Wherefore at once my faith, my hope, my fire My soul doth imprecate, ere she expire. The Decameron, Volume I "Out upon a prayer who imprecated our parting!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 He imprecated holy curses upon the infidels for having thus laid low the flower of Christian chivalry, and he vowed in his heart bitter vengeance upon the surrounding country. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada This I removed, mentally imprecating the rogue of a red squirrel. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Her two hands shot up, dropped, shot up again, imprecating, cursing the world, the sky, the whole scheme of the universe, it seemed. A Spirit in Prison Then rose a roar of indignation against the Englishmen who had dared, under the hypocritical pretence of devotion, to imprecate curses on England. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 He, with unabashed forehead, imprecated on his own head all evil here and hereafter if he was guilty. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 But now there is scarcely a tongue in all New England that does not imprecate curses on his name. Grandfather's Chair Daughter, to thy father go back with good cheer; nor imprecate swift death upon us, nor let choler shake thy bosom. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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