Ex"e*crate (?), 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. "They . . .
execrate their lct." Cowper.