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Dictionary Results for sentence:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sentence
    n 1: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a
         language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
    2: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
       and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as
       no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction,
       condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]
    3: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a
       prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years";
       "he is doing time in the county jail" [syn: prison term,
       sentence, time]
    v 1: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He
         was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence,
         condemn, doom]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sentence \Sen"tence\, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia,
   from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel,
   to think. See Sense, n., and cf. Sentiensi.]
   1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
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            Tales of best sentence and most solace. --Chaucer.
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            The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of
            sentence.                             --Milton.
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   2.
      (a) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment,
          especially one of an unfavorable nature.
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                My sentence is for open war.      --Milton.
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                That by them [Luther's works] we may pass
                sentence upon his doctrines.      --Atterbury.
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      (b) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as,
          Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.
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   3. (Law) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court
      pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical
      courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or
      judge; condemnation pronounced by a judicial tribunal;
      doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to
      denote the judgment in criminal cases.
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            Received the sentence of the law.     --Shak.
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   4. A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a
      maxim; an axiom; a saw. --Broome.
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   5. (Gram.) A combination of words which is complete as
      expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the
      close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.
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   Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence
         consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, "The
         Lord reigns." A compound sentence contains two or more
         subjects and finite verbs, as in this verse: 
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               He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
                                                  --Pope.
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   Dark sentence, a saying not easily explained.
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            A king . . . understanding dark sentences. --Dan.
                                                  vii. 23.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sentence \Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentenced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Sentencing.]
   1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to
      punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
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            Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden.
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   2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
sentence

    A collection of clauses.

   See also definite sentence.

   (2003-12-04)


5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SENTENCE. A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. 
The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal 
proceedings. 
     2. Sentences are final, when they put, an end to the case; or 
interlocutory, when they settle only some incidental matter which has arisen 
in the course of its progress. Vide Aso & Man. Inst. B. 3, t. 8, c. 1. 



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