Condemned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"