See Also: pre-sentence(dictionary)
run-on sentence(dictionary)
SENTENCE(law)
Sentence:(law)
sentence(encyclopedia)
sentence(2)(dictionary)
sentence(1)(dictionary)
Split Sentence(law)
SENTENCE REPORT(law)
Mixed Sentence(law)

sentence(2) (iou)



sentence verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French sentencier, formed as SENTENCE noun Cf. medieval Latin sententiare pronounce sentence.]
verb intrans. Pass judgement. LME-E18.
verb trans. Decree or order judicially. Also foll. by that. E16-M17.
verb trans. Decide (a dispute etc.) judicially. L16-L17.
verb trans. Pass judgement on, assess, (a person, a thing's merits, etc.). L16-E19.
verb trans. Pronounce sentence on, declare the sentence of, (a convicted criminal etc.); declare (a person) to be condemned to a specified punishment. L16.
Pall Mall Gazette You were sentenced for throwing corrosive fluid over your wife. R. P. Graves Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour.
sentencer noun L16.