WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anathemize
    v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
         child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn,
         anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant:
         bless]
    2: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with
       divine punishment [syn: accurse, execrate, anathemize,
       comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise]