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anathematizing

anathematizing is the present participle and gerund of anathematize.

Meaning of anathematize

Verb

anathematize (third-person singular simple present anathematizes, present participle anathematizing, simple past and past participle anathematized)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
    • These are the fellows that some officers never pretend to damn, however much they may anathematize others.1850, Herman Melville, chapter III, in White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers; London: Richard Bentley, published 1855, →OCLC

Questions about anathematizing

What is anathematizing the present participle and gerund of?
Anathematizing is the present participle and gerund of anathematize.

Words near anathematizing in the dictionary

  1. anathematize
  2. anathematized
  3. anathematizer
  4. anathematizers
  5. anathematizes
  6. anathematizing
  7. anathemic
  8. anathemisation
  9. anathemisations
  10. anathemise
  11. anathemised

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