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o adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.

The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More.

Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable. Shak.

The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness. The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.

In a manner to incur sever

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

Doo "Damnatory invectives." Hallam.

Hateful; detestable; abominable. But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak.

Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.

That which causes damage or loss.

officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.

That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.

Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]." Hammond.

Harm; detriment, either to character or property.

To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.

ney; as, a poor box; a contribution box. Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. J. Warton.

n after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew. Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.

To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.] Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak.