anathematize

t. [In Fr. anathema tiser; Sp. an ate mat izar; Port. an a them at i sar; Ital. an ate mizz are; Lat. anathematizo; Gr. ἀναθεματίζω ( anathematizō ).] 1. Lit. To excommunicate, to accurse, to put under a ban. "The pope once every year (on Maunday Thursday) excommunicates and anathematizes all heretics."-Bp Barlow: Remains , p. 220. 2. Fig .: Publicly to denounce. "That venality was denounced on the hustings, anathematized from the pulpit, and burlesqued on the stage."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xv. an-ath-em-at-ized, pa. par. & a. [ANATHEMATIZE.] IMG:content-0497.png:[blocks in formation]