imprecative

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Synonyms: imperative, imprecate, implicative, imprecation, deprecative, precative, improbative, imprecating, imbricative, impredicative

Antonyms: imperative, imprecate, implicative, imprecation, deprecative, precative, improbative, imprecating, imbricative, impredicative

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[grammatical mood]], found in some languages, used for [[curse]]s (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the [[optative]] mood, which is used for wishes in general.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} Pertaining to the imprecative mood.

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