Censure | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cĕn'sure, n.

noun

(sĕn'shur), n. [Lat. censura, from censor, censere; Fr. censure, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. censura. See CENSOR and CENSION.]

Sense 1. An estimate or judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.]

Will you go, To give your censures in this weighty business? Shak.

Sense 2. The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as wrong; blame; reprehension.

Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay.

Sense 3. Judicial sentence; condemnatory judgment. [Obs.] “Excommunication or other censures of the church.” Bp. Burnet.

Synonyms—Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.

Cēn′sūre, v. t.

verbtransitive

(sēn′shur), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CENSURED; p. pr. & vb. n. CENSURING.] [Fr. censurer, Sp. censurar, It. censurare. See supra.] 1. To form or express a judgment of; to criticise; to estimate. [Obs.] His voyage was variously censured; the Templars . . . flouted threat as if all this while he had labored about a difficult nothing: others thought he had abundantly satisfied any reasonable expectation. Fuller. 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. Shak. 3. To condemn by a judicial sentence. [Obs.] Shak. Syn.—To blame; reprove; condemn; reprehend; reprimand; judge.

Cēn'sure, v. i.

verbintransitive

To judge. [Obs.] Shak.