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Jan 19, 2011
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PRONUNCIATION:
(EK-si-krayt)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
To detest, denounce, or curse.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin execrari (to curse), from ex- + sacrare (to consecrate).
Ultimately from the Indo-European root sak- (to sanctify), which is
also the source of other words such as saint, consecrate, sacred,
execrable, and
sacrilegious.
Earliest documented use: 1561.
USAGE:
"[Edward Said was] adored or execrated with equal intensity by many
millions of readers."The Rootless Cosmopolitan; The Nation (New York); Jul 19, 2004. See more usage examples of execrate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. -Charles de Montesquieu, philosopher and writer (1689-1755)
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