condemn
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From Latin condemnare (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnare (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“loss”).
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condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)
- (transitive) To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
- (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- (transitive) To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
- Bush condemns Mumbai Bombers.
- Bush condemns Mumbai Bombings.
- (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
- (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
- (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon
To mark for destruction
[edit] External links
- condemn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- condemn in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- condemn at OneLook Dictionary Search
