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Condemn v. t. (past & past part. condemned; pres. part. condemning)

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." "Wilt thou condemn him that is most just?"

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."

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." "To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan." "And they shall condemn him to death." "The thief condemned, in law already dead." "No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn."

4.

To amerce or fine; with in before the penalty. "The king of Egypt... condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver."

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.

Synonyms: To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge.

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"Condemn" Quotes from Famous Books

... obese bull and an unnaturally fat cow could be the progenitors of healthy offspring. We should by all means improve our live stock; but we should be careful not to overdo the thing. If we must have gaily-decked ponderous bulls and cows at our fat cattle exhibitions, let us condemn to speedy immolation those unhappy victims to a most absurd fashion; but in the name of common sense let us leave the perpetuation of the species to individuals in a normal state, whose muscles are not replaced by fat, whose hearts are not hypertrophied, and whose lungs are ...

— The Stock-Feeder's Manual - the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and - feeding of live stock • Charles Alexander Cameron

... out of favor," said Augustus, playfully, stepping to the floor. "If the great king dared, I am sure he would cut off my head, now. Let him not condemn me without trial. ...

— Vergilius - A Tale of the Coming of Christ • Irving Bacheller

... reach of care, Nor dignity can shield a queen from woe. Despotic nature's stronger sceptre rules, And pain and passion in her right prevails. Oh, the unpity'd lot, severe condition, Of solitary, sad, dejected grandeur! Alone condemn'd to bear th' unsocial throb Of heartfelt anguish, and corroding grief; Deprived of what, within his homely shed, The poorest peasant in affliction finds, The kind, condoling, comfort ...

— The Earl of Essex • Henry Jones

... laws are remarkably severe: the most stringent are against ingratitude and against deserters; some too are abominable, inasmuch as for the crime of one man they condemn ...

— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus

... God will do. I have just been spending much time over this thought, and have become convinced that in no circumstances ought we to allow ourselves to seek for the devil in others, and that we have no right to judge; the only creature over wham we have received the power to judge and condemn is ourself, and that gives us enough ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - KARL-LUDWIG SAND--1819 • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

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