Condemning

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  condemning
       adj : containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a
             condemnatory decree" [syn: {condemnatory}]