Prejudge
[priː'dʒʌdʒ] or [,pri'dʒʌdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence.
Editor: Matt--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Forejudge, prejudicate.
Checked by Clarice
Definition
v.t. to judge or decide upon before hearing the whole case: to condemn unheard.—n. Prejudg′ment.—adj. Prejudical (pre-jōō′di-kal) pertaining to the determination of some undecided matter.—v.t. Prejudicāte (-jōōd′-) to judge beforehand: to prejudge.—v.i. to decide without examination.—n. Prejudicā′tion (-jōōd-).—adj. Prejudicātive (-jōōd′-) forming a judgment or opinion beforehand.
Edited by Glenn
Examples
- I am not to be buried there, prejudged, and without any means of presenting my case? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Wellington knows himself to be the subject, and therefore wisely prejudges the book trash one fortnight before it sees the light! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Juan