Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Condemned"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Condemn \Con*demn"\, 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.

Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why,
every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak.

Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job
xxxiv. 17.

2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or
unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt.
xii. 42.

3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to
punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before
the penalty.

Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred
deep to utter woe. --Milton.

To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike
to groan. --Gray.

And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx.
18.

The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope.

No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I
condemn. --Goldsmith.

4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a
hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron.
xxxvi. 3.

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.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Condemned \Con*demned"\, a.
1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or
confiscation.

2. Used for condemned persons.

Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds
weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of
Newgate. --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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"


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