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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
condemn \condemn"\, v. t. imp. p. p. condemned; p. pr.
vb. n. condemning ? or ?. l. condemnare; con- + damnare
to condemn: cf. f. condamner. see damn.
1. to pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
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condemn the fault, and not the actor of it
why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --shak.
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wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --job
xxxiv. 17.
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2. to declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or
unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
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the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it. --matt.
xii. 42.
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3. to pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to
punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before
the penalty.
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driven out from bliss, condemned
in this abhorred deep to utter woe. --milton.
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to each his sufferings; all are men,
condemned alike to groan. --gray.
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and they shall condemn him to death. --matt. xx.
18.
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the thief condemned, in law already dead. --pope.
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no flocks that range the valley free,
to slaughter i condemn. --goldsmith.
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4. to amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
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the king of egypt . . . condemned the land in a
hundred talents of silver. --2 cron.
xxxvi. 3.
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5. to adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to
adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her
cargo were condemned.
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6. law to doom to be taken for public use, under the right
of eminent domain.
syn: to blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid;
reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge.
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see also:
condemned condemning damn
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
condemned \condemned"\, a.
1. pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or
confiscation.
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2. used for condemned persons.
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richard savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds
weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of
newgate. --macaulay.
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- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
condemned
adj 1: pronounced or proved guilty; "the condemned man faced the
firing squad with dignity"; "a convicted criminal"
syn: convicted
2: officially and strongly disapproved; "the censured conflict
of interest"; "her condemned behavior" syn: censured
3: taken without permission or consent especially by public
authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the
drain" syn: appropriated, confiscate, confiscated,
seized, taken over
4: officially pronounced unfit for use or consumption; "a row
of condemned bulildings"
see also:
convicted censured appropriated confiscate confiscated seized
taken over
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