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condemned

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.

Condemned \Con*demned"\, a.
   1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
      adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or
      confiscation.

   2. Used for condemned persons.

            Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds
            weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of
            Newgate.                              --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

condemned
     adj 1: pronounced or proved guilty; "the condemned man faced the
            firing squad with dignity"; "a convicted criminal"
            [syn: {convicted}]
     2: officially and strongly disapproved; "the censured conflict
        of interest"; "her condemned behavior" [syn: {censured}]
     3: taken without permission or consent especially by public
        authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
        cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the
        drain" [syn: {appropriated}, {confiscate}, {confiscated},
        {seized}, {taken over}]
     4: officially pronounced unfit for use or consumption; "a row
        of condemned bulildings"
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