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 compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
To portray someone to advantage.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
Someone who lives in a rented flat.
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.