Vocabulary : Sent to Sententiary
Sent : of Send ;; See Scent, v. & n. ;; obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth. ;; imp. & p. p. of Send.Sentence : Sense; meaning; significance. ;; An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature. ;; A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences. ;; In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases. ;; A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw. ;; A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4. ;; To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. ;; To decree or announce as a sentence. ;; To utter sententiously.
Sentence method : A method of teaching reading by giving first attention to phrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their verbal and alphabetic components; -- contrasted with alphabet and word methods.
Sentenced : of Sentence
Sentencer : One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
