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anathematize
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PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-NATH-uh-muh-tyz)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To denounce, condemn, or curse.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle French anathematiser, from Latin anathematizare (to ban, curse, or detest), from Greek anathematizein (to curse), from anathema (something devoted to evil). Earliest documented use: 1473.

USAGE:

“Korak looked searchingly down upon her, mentally anathematizing the broad-brimmed hat that hid her features from his eyes.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Son of Tarzan; A.C. McClurg; 1915.

See more usage examples of anathematize in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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