anathematise

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

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.

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