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's condemned 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)