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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