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1. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   "The bad witch anathemized the child";
   - curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemise [Brit], 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, comminate, anathemise [Brit], anathematize, anathematise [Brit]

Derived forms: anathemizing, anathemizes, anathemized

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