Dictionary entry

Anathematize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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