execration
101Corsned — Cors ned (k[^o]rs n[e^]d), n. [AS. corsn[=ae]d.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent;… …
102Curse — Curse, n. [AS. curs. See {Curse}, v. t.] 1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. [1913 Webster] Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Evil pronounced …
103Cursedness — Curs ed*ness, n. 1. The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil. [1913 Webster] 2. Wickedness; sin; cursing. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Shrewishness. My wife s cursedness. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
104Dramatize — Dram a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dramatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dramatizing}.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.] To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical… …
105Dramatized — Dramatize Dram a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dramatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dramatizing}.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.] To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an… …
106Dramatizing — Dramatize Dram a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dramatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dramatizing}.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.] To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an… …
107Execratory — Ex e*cra*to*ry, a. Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. n. A formulary of execrations. L. Addison. [1913 Webster] …
108Imprecation — Im pre*ca tion, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F. impr[ e]cation.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. [1913 Webster] Men cowered like slaves before such horrid… …
109Malison — Mal i*son, n. [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See {Malediction}, and cf. {Benison}.] Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] God s malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …
110Not worth a curse — Curse Curse, n. [AS. curs. See {Curse}, v. t.] 1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction. [1913 Webster] Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Evil… …