To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food.
To pronounce judgment against; sentence: condemned the felons to prison.
To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order: condemn an old building.
To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against: were condemned by their actions.
Law To appropriate (property) for public use.
[Middle English condemnen, from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + damnāre, to sentence (from damnum, penalty).]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to determine the punishment or destiny of one found to be guilty or undeserving: condemned the dissident to hard labor; damned the murderer to everlasting misery; an attempt that was doomed to failure; sentenced the traitor to life in prison. See Also Synonyms at criticize.
Main Entry: con·demn Pronunciation: k&n-'dem Function: transitive verb 1: to impose a penalty on; especially: to sentence to
death 2: to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3: to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain :TAKE —con·dem·nable/k&n-'dem-n&-b&l, -'de-m&-/adjective
—con·dem·na·tion/"kän-"dem-'nA-sh&n/noun —con·demn·erorcon·dem·nor/k&n-'de-m&r, -'dem-"nor/noun
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.
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