To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly.
To report (a symptom); to describe.
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
To give an endorsement.
A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.