ANATHEMATIZE

accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise

(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

anathematize (third-person singular simple present anathematizes, present participle anathematizing, simple past and past participle anathematized)

(transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.

Synonyms

• condemn, damn, deprecate, excoriate, vilify

Source: Wiktionary


A*nath"e*ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anathematized; p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing.] Etym: [L. anathematizare, Gr. anathématiser.]

Definition: To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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