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English Dictionary: condemn	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for condemn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
condemn v express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" Synonym(s): condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector" compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her" pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" Synonym(s): sentence, condemn, doom appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.