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Synonyms for anathematize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-nath-uh-muh-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈnæθ ə məˌtaɪz



Définition of anathematize

Origin :
  • "to pronounce an anathema against," 1560s, from French anathématiser (Old French anatemer), from Latin anathematizare, from Greek anathematizein "to devote (to evil)," from stem of anathema. Alternative anathemize (1670s) is less correct and more rare. Related: Anathematized; anathematizing.
  • verb curse
Example sentences :
  • She must have no terms with it; if she would be true to her Master, she must ban and anathematize it.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • He resolved to annihilate the unruly corps and anathematize their name.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 » by Various
  • Be sure that Ravenna, anathematize as he may, will never be permitted to enter that convent.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
  • Will they burn me at Carfax, or will they anathematize me with bell, book, and candle?
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • For my part, I utterly repudiate and anathematize the intruder.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
  • Do not anathematize the genius who formulates the Regulations.
  • Extract from : « Our Battalion » by Leonard Raven-Hill
  • We anathematize also the Anomœans, in spite of their pretence not to be Arians.
  • Extract from : « The Arian Controversy » by H. M. Gwatkin
  • They are fools to anathematize and curse me, who can give them ten curses for one, were they to hold it for a day together.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 7 » by Samuel Richardson
  • It was Addison's; and in his now distant home, he will anathematize me for exposing his youthful bad grammar.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • Duelling, branded by the law, is also now so branded in public opinion that it would be waste of words to anathematize it.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy » by Various

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