(a) To lay a curse on (sb., sth.); consign to perdition, damn; (b) to lay a curse (on, to sb.); -- Latinate constr.; (c) to pronounce a malediction.

To ban or condemn (a practice).

(a) To pronounce or impose an ecclesiastical curse upon (sb.); excommunicate, anathematize, interdict; ~ with bok, belle, and candel; -- with or without obj.; (b) to condemn (the soul to hell) in consequence of excommunication; (c) ben cursed, to incur excommunication.

To exclude (a Benedictine monk or nun) from association with other members of the house as a disciplinary measure.

(a) To invoke evil upon (sb., sth.); wish (sb.) bad luck; damn or curse (sth.); (b) to utter an imprecation or oath, swear; ~ ayein, return an imprecation.