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English Dictionary: anathematize by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anathematize
v
  1. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
    Synonym(s): accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anathematize \A*nath"e*ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Anathematized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Anathematizing}.] [L.
      anathematizare, Gr. [?] to devote, make accursed: cf. F.
      anath[82]matiser.]
      To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn
      publicly as something accursed. --Milton.
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