vt. 判刑, 责备, 谴责

[法] 定罪, 判刑, 宣告有罪

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.