The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it!
Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak.
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Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job
xxxiv. 17.
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2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or
unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt.
xii. 42.
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3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to
punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before
the penalty.
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Driven out from bliss, condemned
In this abhorred deep to utter woe. --Milton.
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To each his sufferings; all are men,
Condemned alike to groan. --Gray.
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And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx.
18.
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The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope.
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No flocks that range the valley free,
To slaughter I condemn. --Goldsmith.
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4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
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The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a
hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron.
xxxvi. 3.
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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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condemned \Con*demned"\, a.
1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or
confiscation.
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2. Used for condemned persons.
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Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds
weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of
Newgate. --Macaulay.
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