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-testor ātus, ārī, dep.,

to curse, execrate, abominate: (te) tamquam auspicium malum: omnibus precibus Ambiorigem, Cs.: caput euntis hostili prece, O.: carmen detestandae familiae compositum, for an imprecation on the house, L.: exitum belli.—To call down upon, denounce: pericula in caput eorum, L.—To avert, ward off, deprecate: a me patriae querimoniam: memoriam consulatūs tui a re p.: invidiam: hoc omen.

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