What does "guilty" mean?
Guilty: Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
- 3.Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 4.Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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