censure sb. (2 the prevailing S. use; 3 not pre-S.)
1.
judicial sentence, esp. a condemnatory one Cor. III. iii. 45, V. v.
[vi.] 143 “Your heaviest censure,”
Oth. V. ii. 367
“the censure of this
hellish villain.”
2.
judgement, opinion
AYL. IV. i. 8
“every modern
censure”
R3 II. ii. 144
“To give your censures
in this business,”
Ham. I. iii. 69
“Take each man's
censure.”
3.
adverse judgement,
unfavourable opinion, blame
Meas. III. ii. 201
“No might nor greatness
in mortality Can censure 'scape,”
H8 III. i. 63
“your late censure Both
of his truth and him,”
Lr. I. iv. 232.
