- Guilty
- Guilty Guilt"y, a. [Compar. {Gultier}; superl. {Guiltiest}.]
[AS. gyltig liable. See {Guilt}.]
1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent;
wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something
censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of,
and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the
punishment; as, guilty of murder.
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They answered and said, He is guilty of death. --Matt. xxvi. 66. [1913 Webster]
Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling. [1913 Webster]
3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
