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Webster 1913 Edition
Condemn
Con-demn′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Condemned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Condemning
(? or [GREEK])
.] 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. Shakespeare
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,
In this abhorred deep to utter woe.
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
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
Syn. – To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Condemn
CONDEMN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pronounce to be utterly wrong; to utter a sentence of disapprobation against; to censure; to blame. But the word often expresses more than censure or blame, and seems to include the idea of utter rejection; as, to condemn heretical opinions; to condemn ones conduct.We condemn mistakes with asperity, where we pass over sins with gentleness.
2.
To determine or judge to be wrong, or guilty; to disallow; to disapprove.Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence towards God. I John 3.
3.
To witness against; to show or prove to be wrong, or guilty, by a contrary practice.The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. Matthew 12.
4.
To pronounce to be guilty; to sentence to punishment; to utter sentence against judicially; to doom; opposed to acquit or absolve; with to before the penalty.The son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. Matthew 20.
He that believeth on him is not condemned. John 3.
5.
To doom or sentence to pay a fine; to fine.And the king of Egypt--condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. 2 Chronicles 36.
6.
To judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; as, the ship was condemned as not sea-worthy. To judge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.Definition 2024
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English
Verb
condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)
- (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.
- (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
- (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
- (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
- (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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Translations
to scold sharply
to pronounce guilty
to confer eternal divine punishment upon
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to adjudge as unfit for habitation
to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
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to declare property to be assigned to public use
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to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
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