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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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