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Verb: anathemize  u'na-thu,mIz
  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, informal], dang [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
    - accurse, execrate, comminate, anathemise [Brit], anathematize, anathematise [Brit]

Derived forms: anathemized, anathemizes, anathemizing

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