Dămn, v. t.
(dăm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DAMNED (dămd); p. pr. & vb. n. DAMNING (dăm'ing).] [Lat. damnare, to condemn, from damnum, damage, a fine, penalty, Fr. damner, Pr. dampnar, O. Sp. & Pg. damnare, It. dannare.]
Sense 1. To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to adjudge to punishment or death; to censure; to sentence.
He shall not live; look! with a spot I damn him. Shak.
Sense 2. (Theol.) To condemn to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition.
He that believeth not shall be damned. Mark xvi. 16.
Sense 3. To condemn as bad, or displeasing, by open expression, as by hissing, &c.
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] without hearing. Pope.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope.