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Sentenced

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sen⋅tence

  [sen-tns] noun, verb, -tenced, -tenc⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of a small number of characteristic intonation patterns, and typically expressing an independent statement, question, request, command, etc., as Summer is here. or Who is it? or Stop!
2. Law.
a. an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, esp. the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.
b. the punishment itself.
3. Music. a period.
4. Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
5. Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.
–verb (used with object)
6. to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME < OF < L sententia opinion, decision, equiv. to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) ME: to pass judgment, decide judicially < OF sentencier, deriv. of sentence

Related forms:
sen⋅tenc⋅er, noun
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sen·tence   (sěn'təns)   
n.  

  1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.

  2. Law

    1. A court judgment, especially a judicial decision of the punishment to be inflicted on one adjudged guilty.

    2. The penalty meted out.

  3. Archaic A maxim.

  4. Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation.

tr.v.   sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es Law
To pronounce sentence upon (one adjudged guilty). See Synonyms at condemn.

[Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia, from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
sen·ten'tial (sěn-těn'shəl) adj., sen·ten'tial·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

sentence 
c.1290, "doctrine, authoritative teaching," from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia "thought, meaning, judgment, opinion," from sentientem, prp. of sentire "be of opinion, feel, perceive" (see sense). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from 1447, from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sentence
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sen·tenced; sen·tenc·ing
: to impose a sentence on
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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