01 v. t. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
imp. & p. p.
Condemned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Condemning
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.(Law)