Hypertext Webster Gateway: "censured"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Censure \Cen"sure\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Censured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Censuring}.] [Cf. F. ensurer.]
1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate;
to judge. [Obs.] ``Should I say more, you might well
censure me a flatterer.'' --Beau. & Fl.
2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to
express disapprobation of.
I may be censured that nature thus gives way to
loyalty. --Shak.
3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical
sentence. --Shak.
Syn: To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend;
reprimand.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
censured
adj 1: officially rebuked or found blameworthy; "the censured
senator did not run for another term"
2: officially and strongly disapproved; "the censured conflict
of interest"; "her condemned behavior" [syn: {condemned}]
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