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Webster 1913 Edition
Censure
1.
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
[Obs.]
Take each man’s
censure
, but reserve thy judgment. Shakespeare
2.
The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
Both the
censure
and the praise were merited. Macaulay.
3.
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
Syn. – Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.
Cen′sure
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Censured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Censuring
.] [Cf. F.
ensurer
.] 1.
To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
[Obs.]
“Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.” Beau. & Fl.
2.
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
I may be
censured
that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shakespeare
Syn. – To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.
Cen′sure
,Verb.
I.
To judge.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Censure
CENSURE
, n.1.
The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as wrong; applicable to the moral conduct, or to the works of men. When applied to persons, it is nearly equivalent to blame, reproof, reprehension, reprimand. It is an expression of disapprobation, which often implies reproof.2.
Judicial sentence; judgment that condemns. An ecclesiastical censure is a sentence of condemnation, or penalty inflicted on a member of a church for mal-conduct, by which he is deprived of the communion of the church, or prohibited from executing the sacerdotal office.CENSURE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of; as, to censure a man, or his manners, or his writings.We laugh at vanity, oftener than we censure pride.
2.
To condemn by a judicial sentence, as in ecclesiastical affairs.3.
To estimate.CENSURE
,Verb.
I.