condemnv.
/kənˈdɛm/, U.S. /kənˈdɛm/ 1.
a. transitive. To pronounce an adverse judgement on; to express strong disapproval of, censure, blame.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn
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to stroke over1822
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 18176 Quat ert þu..þat..Condempnid þu þus all vr pouste?
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 4 The clergie, whiche summe of the comoun peple..iugen and condempnen to be yuele.
1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. x. 29 We do not unadvisedly condempne our forefathers and their doings.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 126 I could condemne it as an improbable fiction. View more context for this quotation
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 7 So long as they forbear to censure and condemn one another.
1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic iv. §1. 68 This is a fault in reasoning which Aristotle condemns.
1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. ii. 41 The second Commandment condemns a very different sin from that which is condemned in the first.
b. Said of witnesses and acts: To procure the condemnation of, to bring about the conviction of.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. iv. 16 Forsothe the riȝtwis dead condempneth the unpitous men on liue.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xii. 41 Men of Nynyue shal ryse in dome with this generacioun, and shulen condempne it.
1509 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. 242 If I wolde iustyfy myn owne selfe, my wordes shall condempne me.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xii. 42.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 22 Concealing such things as might condemne her selfe for a mediatrix.
1891 N.E.D. at Condemn Mod. Their looks condemn them. His subsequent conduct condemns him.
c. absol.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke vi. 37 Condempne not and ye shal not be condempned.
2.
a. To give judicial sentence against; to find guilty, convict. Opposed to acquit, absolve.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)]
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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cviii. 6 When he is demyd ga he out condempnyd.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Mark xiv. 64 And thei alle condempneden hym to be gilti of deeth.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence li I giltles was condemned.
1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxv. 1 The Iudges..shall iustifie the righteous, and condemne the wicked. View more context for this quotation
1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 35 She was since Arraigned and Condemn [ed] for the horrid Murder.
1735 A. Pope Satires of Donne ii, in Wks. II. 15 The Thief condemn'd, in law already dead.
1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 i. 519 The execution of two men condemned by a general court martial for riotous and disorderly conduct.
1879 W. Smith Smaller Hist. Eng. 156 Cranmer had been tried and condemned with Latimer and Ridley.
b. absol.
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1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 177 I dare not judge, nor condemn, nor conclude.
3. esp. with the penalty expressed, as condemn to death, condemn to be beheaded: formerly also in a fine or forfeiture.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 3 The kyng of Egipt..condempnede the lond in an hundrith talentis of syluer.
c1400 Mandeville x. (1839) 114 The oþere schall he condempne to perpetuell peynes.
1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 4 Ser John Paston..hath optyned me condempnyd to hym in ccc marcz.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxiv. f. cxvijv To be condempned to deeth.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kiij v Condemnyd to suffer suche payne.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Qiii Condempned hym into exyle.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 411 We doe condemne thee to the very Blocke. View more context for this quotation
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 19 Condemned in as much as they are worth.
1713 Mem. Sign. Rozelli (ed. 2) I. 212 They condemn'd me to perpetual Imprisonment.
1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1858) II. 229 A woman..was condemned to be whipped through all the market towns..in Dorset.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §1. 268 Condemned to do penance in the streets of London.
4. To pronounce guilty of (a crime or fault).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > declare guilty of
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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xiii. 257 Supposing themselves by you condemned of cowardise.
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 28 And there condempned of highe treason against the Kinge.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 97 She was condemned of incest and buried alive.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. i. sig. Ii6v Condemn him of a mis-expence of his Time or Talents.
1718 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 353 The Synod..condemned him of heterodoxy.
1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay 76 It is vastly more comforting to hear Dr. Lingard condemn James II of injustice, infatuation, arbitrary and impotent policy.
5. † b. absol. To damn. Obsolete.
a. To doom to punishment in the world to come, to damn.
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the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)]
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > cause reprobation [verb (transitive)]
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to destroy into or toc1380
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1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 26 In hell condampnyt mot he be.
1540–78 Gude & Godlie Ballates (1868) 21 We had eternallie in hell condampnit bene.
1563 A. Nowell in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 496 God doth punishe us in this worlde, that we should not be condempned with the wicked in the worlde to come.
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the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)]
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c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 374 in Polit. Relig. & Love Poems (1866) 64 Ye and othir that swere suche othis faste, and soo condempne & cursen too & froo.
6. figurative. To doom or devote to some (unkind) fate or condition; in passive to be doomed by fate to some condition or to do something.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > decree, appoint, allot, or assign
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)]
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1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 5 Men that are condemn'd to be rich. View more context for this quotation
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxviii. 131 They [Rein~deer] are tamed; one sort being condemned to the Sledge..others to carry burdens.
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 253 Condemn'd in Business or in Arts to drudge.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 58 A tract of sea..condemned to perpetual calms.
7.
a. To adjudge or pronounce forfeited, as a prize of war, smuggled goods, etc.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > pronounce forfeited
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1705 London Gaz. No. 4143/4 8 Casks of Brandy, seized and condemned according to Law.
1783 Gentleman's Mag. 53 i. 175 If it [i.e. a Dutch ship] is condemned as a prize it is said the whole will belong to Lord North.
1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 88 §2 The court..having jurisdiction to try and condemn a vessel engaged in the slave trade.
b. To pronounce judicially (land, etc.) as converted or convertible to public use. U.S.
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1833 Niles' Reg. 44 192/2 All expenses to be incurred, in condemning, or purchasing ground..shall be..at the proper cost of the rail road company.
1876 Congress. Rec. 2 Aug. 5079/1 If the Government has the right to make this improvement, and the State of Oregon does not furnish the land..the Government has a right to condemn it for that purpose.
8. To pronounce judicially or officially to be unfit for use or for consumption.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > be useless for [verb (transitive)] > make useless > pronounce unfit for use
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn > officially as unfit for use
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1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 106 We condemned twenty-one Fathom of our best Bower-Cable as unfit for Use.
1776 Voy. under Byron 139 We found the Falmouth man of war condemned and lying ashore.
1867 J. Timbs Wonderf. Invent. (1882) 358 Several rifles on this model were..condemned..from the escape of gas round the needle.
1878 Glen Public Health Act 1875 (ed. 9) iii. 114 If [it]..is diseased or unsound..he shall condemn the same and order it to be destroyed.
1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives vii. 181 Mrs. R...lives in two rooms of a back-to-back house; part of the street is condemned.
1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle i. 9 Though it had been condemned twenty years before, a house is a house.
9. To pronounce incurable, to give up.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > render desperate [verb (transitive)] > deem incurable
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a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 38 The sick man's feeling is gloomy, because it condemns him.
1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 46 No man considers himself richer because he is condemned by his physician.
10. Of a door or window: To close or block up. (Cf. French condamner une porte, une fenêtre.)
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice > windows or doors
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c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. 488 (Jam.) The Frenchmen..condemned all the close and wall heidis that war within the castle.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. iii. 27 The door that had been condemned, and that was fastened by bolts.
1884 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. Mar. 637/2 ‘I condemned it ten years ago.’ ‘Full that,’ said Pierre; ‘'twas I nailed it up.’
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