Part 4026

-- <wordforms><wf>Ex"e*cra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Ex"e*cra*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Execrate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*crate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Execrated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Execrating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>execratus</ets>, <ets>exsecratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>execrare</ets>, <ets>exsecrare</ets>, to execrate; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>sacer</ets> holy, sacred. See <er>Sacred</er>.]</ety> <def>To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.</def> "They . . . <i>execrate</i> their lct."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Execration</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`e*cra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>execratio</ets>, <ets>exsecratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ex\'82cration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.</def>

<blockquote>Cease, gentle, queen, these <b>execrations</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is execrated; a detested thing.</def>

<blockquote>Ye shall be an <b>execration</b> and . . . a curse. <i>Jer. xlii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Malediction</er>.</syn>

<h1>Execrative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*cra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.</def> <i>Carlyle</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ex"e*cra*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Execrative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*cra*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Execratory</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*cra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A formulary of execrations.</def></def2>

<i>L. Addison.</i>

<h1>Exect</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Exsect</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut off or out. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Exsect</er>.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Exection</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Exsection</er>.</def>

<h1>Executable</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"e*cu`ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being executed; feasible; <as>as, an <ex>executable</ex> project</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Executant</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.</def>

<blockquote>Great <b>executants</b> on the organ. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>