Meanings
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verb
chiefly British: to condemn, denounce, or formally pronounce an anathema against someone or something
The council refused to anathematise every dissenter from the doctrine.
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Etymology
The British -ise spelling of anathematize, from Late Latin anathematizare and Ancient Greek anathematizein, 'to devote or bind by a curse,' based on anathema. The verb has both formal ecclesiastical and broader denunciatory uses.