anathematise
See also: anathématisé and anathématise
English
Etymology
From anathema + -ise; see anathematize.
Verb
anathematise (third-person singular simple present anathematises, present participle anathematising, simple past and past participle anathematised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anathematize.
- 1914 October 11, “In camp: The day’s work of a W.A. soldier”, in The Sunday Times, number 875, Perth, W.A.: E. W. Finn for “The Sunday Times” Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 8:
- "Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously-treated and disgusted patients have left him doubtful, and he casts an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief. There's no taste in tabloids, anyhow, and he reckons the doctor "ain't a bad poor something, after all!"