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Verb: anathemise  u'na-thu,mIz
Usage: Brit
  1. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
    "The bad witch anathemised the child";
    - curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, imprecate, maledict [archaic], doggone [N. Amer], dang [N. Amer]
     
  2. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
    - accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathematize, anathematise [Brit]

Derived forms: anathemising, anathemised

Type of: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, deplore, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir

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