censuren.
/ˈsɛnsjʊə//ˈsɛnʃ(j)ʊə/ a. A judicial sentence; esp. a condemnatory judgement. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence
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righteOE
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c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. clxiii. iii He should it haue by execucion due, By sensours of theyr churche and hole sentence.
1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) iii. vi. 102v According to ye infallyble censure of god.
1637 W. Laud (title) A speech delivered in the Starr-chamber... At the censure, of Iohn Bastwick, Henry Burton & William Prinn.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. vi. 115 He was brought to..the House of Lords to receive his Censure.
1712 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I (1863) ix. 295 A person..is ordered to be dragged after a boat at Douglas..and the Governor is desired to give his order for soldiers and a boat to execute this censure.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vii. 125 The Council thought the loss of your Eyes too easy a Censure.
b. spec. ‘A spiritual punishment inflicted by some ecclesiastical judge.’ Ayliffe. (The earliest recorded sense.)
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society > faith > worship > excommunication > [noun] > rite of
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censure138.
church censurec1460
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anathematism1567
anathema1603
imprecation1603
excommunication1702
society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > legal process > [noun] > spiritual punishment inflicted by judge
censure138.
censurya1513
138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 361 Censures þat þe fend blowiþ, as ben suspendingis, enterditingis, cursingis, and reisingis of croiserie.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxvi. f. lxxxxv He purchasyd agayne hym the Censures of Holy Churche & accursed the sayde Bawdewyn.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. I. xxv. (R.) The publick censures of the church.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 155.
1845 Graves in Encycl. Metrop. 784/1 The deprivation of spiritual advantages, and the censures of the Church.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > instance of
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censurea1575
criticism1608
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critisma1639
critique1656
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 81 Reasons..to underprop.. the Censures..of the said universities.
1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 305 The Interlinearie Bible approued by the Censure of the Vniversitie of Louain.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun]
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animadvertence1681
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1576 W. Raleigh in G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. A4 To write, my censure of this booke.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 114 Madame..will you go, To giue your censures in this waighty busines. View more context for this quotation
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 655 But, for me, I'll relate Only my censure what's our best.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 251 Give me thy free and true censure.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions 500 Though unworthy to passe my censure on such a subject.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 288 Our Ears refute the Censure of our Eyes.
1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. iv. 164 The collective censure of mankind.
4. spec. An adverse judgement, unfavourable opinion, hostile criticism; blaming, finding fault with, or condemning as wrong; expression of disapproval or condemnation. (The usual sense.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > often unfavourable
commenting1597
criticism1607
censurea1616
judgementalism1950
stick1956
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation
condemnationc1384
controlment1533
crimination1534
condemning1591
attainder1597
censuring1598
reprobation1611
censurea1616
perstringing1676
epitimesis1678
perstriction1681
perstringement1891
fatwa1989
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 445 No might, nor greatnesse in mortality Can censure scape. View more context for this quotation
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §x They that vpon the hearing of one part, rashly passe their sentence, whether of acquitall, or censure.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 23 An author ought to receive with an equal modesty both the Praise and censure of other People.
1735 J. Swift Author upon Himself in Wks. II. 344 Vices of the graver Sort, Tobacco, Censure,..Pride, and Port.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 242 The whole conduct of this navigation seems liable to very great censure.
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 306 Our sensitiveness to foreign and especially English censure.
5. Censorship; the office or action of a censor.
a. Of the ancient Roman censors (= Latin censūra): also concrete (obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > office or function of > in ancient Rome
censurea1533
censorship1600
censureship1606
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > of public morals > in ancient Rome > collectively
censurea1533
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.iij The Censure, whoe gouerned Rome.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 513 Plinie said to his maister Traian, the life of a Prince is a censure, that is to say, the rule, the squyre, the line, & the forme of an honest life.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxiii. 40 The censure of Camillus..was celebrated.
1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) IV. xxxv. 200 The censure or prefecture of manners.
b. Of any official supervisor, e.g. of the censor of the press.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > suppression or repression > of news or information
censorship1591
censureship1606
censure1663
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > office or function of
censorship1591
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censure1663
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 48 The Clarke of the works, ought to be subject to the censure of the Surveyor.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 14/1 It is..not easy to get one's papers sent on without censure.
6. Correction; esp. critical recension or revision of a literary work. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [noun] > critical revision of text
review1565
recognition1568
censure1604
revision1607
revise1641
diorthosis1704
recension1793
diaskeuasis1886
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Censure, correction, or reformation.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vi. 526 So arduous a task as the thorough censure of the Vulgate text.
a. An assessment, a tax. Obsolete. (Cf. cense n.2)
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun]
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1641 Sched. Grievances in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 221 By reason..of extream Usage and Censures, Merchants are beggar'd.
b. (See quot.) ? Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > poll tax > one who pays
censer1458
censurea1547
a1547 Cust. Manors Braunton (MS in possession of R. Dymond, Esq.) Tenants having ther chyldern in howshold with theym under their governaunce and charge not to be presented for a Censur tyll tyme that they do be of full age by statute and put owte in huys from theem for wagys or otherwise to be maried then after that they be presented for censur.
1691–1713 T. Blount Law Dict.
1729–62 G. Jacob New Law-dict. Censure, a custom called by this name, observed in divers manors in Cornwall and Devon, where all persons residing therein above the age of sixteen are cited to swear fealty to the lord, and to pay iid. per poll, and id. per ann. ever after; and these thus sworn are called censers.
1768 E. Buys New & Compl. Dict. Terms Art I
1797– T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict.
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censurev.
/ˈsɛnsjʊə//ˈsɛnʃ(j)ʊə/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)]
censure1590
syndic1609
syndicate1610
arraign1623
censorize1860
censor1882
critique1950
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 37 No further euidence came to censure the allegation.
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. A4 Peruse our euidence and censure it, According to your wisedome.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 16.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie i. xiii. 56 The mouth..censuring all that passes, by the taste.
1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 34 As this Essay is wrote and published in Haste..I hope I shall be censured with Candour.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as
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to look on ——?c1430
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to look upon ——1553
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to put down1788
to set down1798
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have1867
mean1878
1597 Sir R. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 46 I am contented in this to be censured idle.
1610 Histrio-mastix vi. 137 We censure thy advice as oracles.
1619 Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 207 I..censure this for no more then a wild imagination.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 704 They censure me unkinde or impudent.
1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience v. 35 Eli..censured Hannah..to be drunke with Wine.
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 283 Censuring it to be done by the Instinct of the Devil.
a. intransitive with of or (rarely) on.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)]
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to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
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1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxiiii. 150 Too young weare yee to censure of your vncles tyranny.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. Cv Most seuerely censurd on.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 19.
1618 S. Latham New & 2nd Bk. Falconrie xxxiii. 148 If I may.. perswade thee honest Reader, not to grudge at my good will, but censure better of me, I shall hartily thanke thee for thy loue.
1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd iii. 29 Oh thou too rashly censur'st of my Love!
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)]
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 306 To censure how this change befell Our wits come short.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica iii. xii Hard it were to censure which were fairer.
1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. i. sig. F2 Your grauer heades..what censure they?
1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 208 We ought to censure and hold that we are justified by faith.
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1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. K4 Come we hither To trifle, or to censure?
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 3 Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss.
a. To pronounce judicial sentence on; to sentence to. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)]
deemOE
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adjudicatea1681
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 29 When I, that censure him, do so offend, Let mine owne Iudgement patterne out my death. View more context for this quotation
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. (1636) 261 Cato censured them to death for their treason.
1621 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 316 My lord chancellor [Bacon] was this daie censured to go to the tower duringe the Kinges pleasure.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 193 Some were censured to the whipping post.
1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 27 He was censured..to be degraded of all Honours and Titles.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)]
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findeOE
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cognosce1634
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hold1642
adjudicatea1695
1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour anno 1215 King Johns covenant was censured to be void.
5. † b. With of: To charge (a person) with (some fault). Obsolete.
a. To pronounce an adverse judgement on, express disapproval of, criticize unfavourably; to find fault with, blame, condemn. (The current sense.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn
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syndic1609
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to check at1642
reprimand1660
impeach1813
to stroke over1822
1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Eev Duke Robert iustly censured stood, Vnder the weight of his vnnaturall pride.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 286 Would not Censure, or Speake ill of a Man.
1724 J. Swift Seasonable Advice (single sheet) Discourses..which instead of being censur'd were universally approv'd.
1781 S. Johnson Sheffield in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 15 He was censured as covetous.
1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 296/1 Their ill-success will probably lead them to censure the proposed method.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with
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to lay to one's charge1535
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to charge (a person) with1559
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impute1596
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arraign1672
saddle1794
inculpate1799
1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus vii. xxvii This..writer sometimes censures the seventy interpreters of ignorance in the Hebrew tongue.
1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 58 [He] might be not undeservedly censured of Arrogancy.
c. With subordinate clause. rare.
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1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 18 We rather lament than censure that he had no inward strength to combat circumstances so unfavourable.
d. absol.
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1702 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. ii. iii. 356 They..proceed accordingly to censure or commend, as they find cause.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 54 The souls..That never flatter'd, injur'd, censur'd, strove.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > information
censure1605
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Eee2v How the practise, profession, and erudition of Lawe is to be censured and gouerned. View more context for this quotation
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