anathematize[verb]Synonyms: execrate, curse, damn, objurgate
Contrasted words: approbate, approve, countenance, endorse, favor
Related Words: impugn,
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anathematize verb.
[ǝ'naƟǝmǝtʌɪz] Also
anathematise.
M16.[Old & mod. French anathématiser from ecclesiastical Latin anathematizare from Greek anathematizein, from anathema: see ANATHEMA, -IZE.]1. verb trans. Pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
M16.2. verb intrans. Pronounce anathemas; curse.
M18. ■ a,nathemati'zation noun M16. ■ anathematizer noun (
rare)
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