Judge
[dʒʌdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice.
(verb.) determine the result of (a competition).
(verb.) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; 'The football star was tried for the murder of his wife'; 'The judge tried both father and son in separate trials'.
Checker: Thomas--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
(v. i.) One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
(v. i.) A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
(v. i.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
(v. i.) The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
(a.) To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
(a.) To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3.
(v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.
(v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
(v. t.) To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
(v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
(v. t.) To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
(v. t.) To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Justice.[2]. Arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee.[3]. Critic, connoisseur.
v. n. Decide, determine, conclude, form an opinion, pass an opinion, pass judgment, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, sit in judgment.
v. a. [1]. Try, doom, pass sentence upon.[2]. Consider, regard, think, esteem, reckon, account, deem, believe, hold, suppose, imagine.[3]. Appreciate, estimate, form an opinion about.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Justice, magistrate, arbitrator, umpire, referee, critic, connoisseur,authority, arbiter
ANT:Criminal, ignoramus, novice, tyro
Typist: Ruben
Definition
v.i. to point out or declare what is just or law: to hear and decide: to pass sentence: to compare facts to determine the truth: to form or pass an opinion: to distinguish.—v.t. to hear and determine authoritatively: to sentence: to decide the merits of: to be censorious towards: to consider: (B.) to condemn.—n. one who judges: a civil officer who hears and settles any cause: an arbitrator: one who can decide upon the merit of anything: in Jewish history a supreme magistrate having civil and military powers: (pl.) title of 7th book of the Old Testament.—ns. Judge′ship the office of a judge; Judg′ment act of judging: the comparing of ideas to elicit truth: faculty by which this is done the reason: opinion formed: taste: sentence: condemnation: doom; Judg′ment-day the day on which God will pronounce final judgment on mankind; Judg′ment-debt a debt evidenced by legal record; Judg′ment-hall a hall where a court of justice meets; Judg′ment-seat seat or bench in a court from which judgment is pronounced.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of coming before a judge, signifies that disputes will be settled by legal proceedings. Business or divorce cases may assume gigantic proportions. To have the case decided in your favor, denotes a successful termination to the suit; if decided against you, then you are the aggressor and you should seek to right injustice.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
One who sits on a bench in a court, frames sentences and finishes crooks for a living, and swears continually.
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Examples
- Permit me to judge for myself, said Miss Fanshawe, with hauteur. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You are a far more competent judge of such affairs than I am. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was very well they did--to judge from the fragments of conversation which Margaret overheard. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Put them next to your great-uncle the judge. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- No; Justinian is too keen a judge of character to mistake our Greek goose for a swan. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We have told our story of Europe; the reader may judge whether the glitter of the German sword is exceptionally blinding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By touching something deeply instinctive in millions of people, Judge Lindsey animated dull proposals with human interest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But the nature and position of their land was against the Hebrews, and their first king Saul was no more successful than their judges. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every eye then turned to the five judges and the public prosecutor. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With the judges, a group of famous scientific men, and the Emperor’s suite for audience, Bell went to the transmitter at the other end of the wire, while Dom Pedro put the receiver to his ear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It became the most wonderful exhibit of the Centennial, and the judges gave Bell their Certificate of Award. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Judges had now been two hours in the lists, awaiting in vain the appearance of a champion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I judged the person to be with him, returned the watchman. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I judged him to be about my own age, but he was much taller, and he had a way of spinning himself about that was full of appearance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Perhaps, said Darcy, I should have judged better, had I sought an introduction; but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She waited yet some quarter of an hour, as she judged. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If I judged them I'd give them short shrift! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Your mind is warped; you have judged wrong. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. Plato. The Republic.
- The vestry was larger than I should have supposed it to be, judging from the outside only. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I suppose you,' said Eugene, 'judging from what I see as I look at you, to be rather too passionate for a good schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His fair neighbour, judging from her movements, appeared in a mood the most unquiet and unaccommodating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To this I reply, that in judging of the actions of men we must proceed upon the same maxims, as when we reason concerning external objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But romance-writers might know nothing of love, judging by the way in which they treat of it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Natalie