Part 2594

<h1>Criticism</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Crit"i*cism</hw> <tt>(kr?t"?-s?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; <as>as, dramatic <ex>criticism</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The elements of<b>criticism</b> depend on the two principles of Beauty and Truth, one of which is the final end or object of study in every one of its pursuits: Beauty, in letters and the arts; Truth, in history and sciences. <i>Brande & C.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By <b>criticism</b>, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant a standard of judging well. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.</def>

<blockquote>About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe <b>criticism</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Critique</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Cri*tique"</hw> <tt>(kr?-t?k")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>critique</ets>, f., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ (sc. <?/<?/<?/<?/) the critical art, from <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Critic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The art of criticism.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>critic</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, Kant's "<ex>Critique</ex> of Pure Reason</as>."</def>

<blockquote>I should as soon expect to see a <b>critique</b> on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A critic; one who criticises.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A question among <b>critiques</b> in the ages to come. <i>Bp. Lincoln.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Critique</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Cri*tique"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Critic</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>To criticise or pass judgment upon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Crizzel</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Criz"zel</hw> <tt>(kr?z"z'l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>grizzle</ets> darkish gray, or G. <ets>griselig</ets> gravelly, granular, speckled.]</ety> <def>A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>crizzeling</asp> and <asp>crizzle</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Croak</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Croak</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Croaked</er>. (kr<?/kt); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Croaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From the primitive of AS. <ets>cracettan</ets> to croak as a raven; akin to G. <ets>kr<?/chzen</ets> to croak, and to E. <ets>creak</ets>, <ets>crake</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.</def>

<blockquote>Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation <b>croaked</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.</def>

<blockquote>Marat . . . <b>croaks</b> with reasonableness. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Croak</h1> <Xpage=346>

<hw>Croak</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; <as>as, to <ex>croak</ex> disaster</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The raven himself is hoarse, That <b>croaks</b> the fatal entrance of Duncan. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Two ravens now began to <b>croak</b> Their nuptial song. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Croak</h1> <Xpage=346>