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You know who the critics are? the men who
have failed in literature and art.

Beaconsfield.

3. The art of criticism. [Obs.]
Locke.

4. An act of criticism; a critique.
[Obs.]

And make each day a critic on the last.

Pope.

Crit"ic, a. Of or pertaining
to critics or criticism; critical. [Obs.] "Critic
learning." Pope.

Crit"ic, v. i. [Cf. F.
critiquer.] To criticise; to play the critic.
[Obs.]

Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall
never have done.

A. Brewer.

Crit"ic*al (kr&ibreve;t"&ibreve;*kal),
a. [See Critic, n.,
Crisis.]

1. Qualified to criticise, or pass
judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

It is submitted to the judgment of more
critical ears to direct and determine what is graceful and
what is not.

Holder.

2. Pertaining to criticism or the
critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as,
critical knowledge; a critical
dissertation.


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