GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Critique , n. [F. critique, f., fr. Gr. κριτική (sc. τέχνη) the critical art, from κριτικός. See Critic.]
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   The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]
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   A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and thorough analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's “Critique of Pure Reason.”
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   I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.
   Addison.
   
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   A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.]
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   A question among critiques in the ages to come.
   Bp. Lincoln.
   
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   Critique, v. t. [Cf. Critic, v.] To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.]
   Pope.
   
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