pronounce guilty
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To convince is 'to satisfy the understanding;' to convict, 'to pronounce guilty.'
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
We lawyers—outside our profession—have founded an association to support and encourage those we are obliged to pronounce guilty, that they may not sink down uncomforted.
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter
Condemn, kon-dem′, v.t. to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various