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Condemned - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Condemned : adj
1: pronounced or proved guilty; "the condemned man faced the
firing squad with dignity"; "a convicted criminal"
[syn: convicted]
2: officially and strongly disapproved; "the censured conflict
of interest"; "her condemned behavior" [syn: censured]
3: taken without permission or consent especially by public
authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the
drain" [syn: appropriated, confiscate, confiscated,
seized, taken over]
4: officially pronounced unfit for use or consumption; "a row
of condemned bulildings"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why,
every fault'sCondemned : ere it be done. --Shak.
Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job
xxxiv. 17.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Condemned : \Con*demned"\, a.
1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or
confiscation.
2. Used for condemned persons.
Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds
weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of
Newgate. --Macaulay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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