Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Guilty

Guilt′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Gultier
;
sup
erl.
Guiltiest
.]
[AS.
gyltig
liable. See
Guilt
.]
1.
Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; – used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment;
as, guilty of
murder
.
They answered and said, He is
guilty
of death.
Matt. xxvi. 66.
Nor he, nor you, were
guilty
of the strife.
Dryden.
2.
Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt;
as, a
guilty
look; a
guilty
act; a
guilty
feeling.
3.
Conscious; cognizant.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
4.
Condemned to payment.
[Obs. & R.]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Guilty

GUILT'Y

,
Adj.
gilt'y. Criminal; having knowingly committed a crime or offense, or having violated a law by an overt act or by neglect,and by that act or neglect, being liable to punishment; not innocent. It may be followed by of; as, to be guilty of theft or arson.
Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.
1.
Wicked; corrupt; sinful; as a guilty world.
2.
Conscious.
In Scripture, to be guilty of death, is to have committed a crime which deserves death. Matt.26.
To be guilty of the body and blood of Christ, is to be chargeable with the crime of crucifying Christ afresh, and offering indignity to his person and righteousness, represented by the symbols of the Lord's supper. 1 Cor.11.

Similar Results