Sentence \Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentenced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Sentencing.]
   1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to
      punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
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            Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden.
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   2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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