Definition of "execrate" [ex•e•crate]

• To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce. (verb-transitive)
• To feel loathing for; abhor. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To invoke a curse on. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And we especially condemn and in God's name execrate those who not only omit both forms but also quite autocratically [tyrannically] prohibit, condemn, and blaspheme them as heresy, and so exalt themselves against and above Christ, our Lord and God"
• "Once the danger passes, forgotten of God and execrate the police. on March 24, 2009 at 2: 44 pm | Reply jerym"
• "These are the people who execrate the man, who despise him with every cell of their being, whose rage at his very name roars like napalm."