a·nath·e·ma·tize [ ə náthəmə tz ](past and past participlea·nath·e·ma·tized, present participlea·nath·e·ma·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singulara·nath·e·ma·tiz·es)
transitive and intransitive verb
Definition:
curse: to formally curse, denounce, or excommunicate somebody or something
[Mid-16th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin anathematizare "ban, curse" < Greek anathematizein "dedicate to evil" < anathemat-, stem of anathema (see anathema)]
