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Critique
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]
2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason." I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.
3. A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.] A question among critiques in the ages to come. Bp. Lincoln.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope.