Definition of "imprecating" [imprecating]

• Present participle of imprecate. (verb)

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• "They showed a great contempt of their own souls and bodies; of their own souls in imprecating a curse upon them if they did not proceed in this desperate enterprise (what a woeful dilemma did they throw themselves upon!"
• "Mentally imprecating the cold, he exposed his bare hands and lighted another cigar."
• "But, instead of beating his head against the wall, tearing his hair, imprecating vain curses upon himself, or betraying other frantic symptoms of despair, he resolved to accommodate himself to his fate, and profit by the lesson he had so dearly bought."