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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, especially 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.
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Resentence
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin sententia opinion, decision, equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) Middle English: to pass judgment, decide judicially < Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin sententia opinion, decision, equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) Middle English: to pass judgment, decide judicially < Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence
Related forms
sen·tenc·er, noun
pre·sen·tence, verb (used with object), -tenced, -tenc·ing.
re·sen·tence, noun, verb (used with object), -tenced, -tenc·ing.
un·sen·tenced, adjective
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Word Origin & History
sentence
late 13c., "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
EXPANDby a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from mid-15c., from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
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