to denounce as heretical
• (v. t.) To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical.
He·ret'i·cate transitive verb [ Late Latin haereticatus , past participle of haereticare .] To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic or heretical. Bp. Hall. « And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to hereticate me.» F...
hereticate 1. To declare to be heretical. 2. To decide to be heresy or a heretic. 3. To denounce as a heretic or heretical.