forejudge

¹ American  

[fawr-juhj, fohr-] / fɔrˈdʒʌdʒ, foʊr- /

verb (used with object)

forejudged, forejudging

1. to judge beforehand; prejudge.

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forejudge ² American  

[fawr-juhj, fohr-] / fɔrˈdʒʌdʒ, foʊr- /

verb (used with object)

forejudged, forejudging

1. forjudge.

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forejudge ¹ British  

/ fɔːˈdʒʌdʒ /

verb

1. to judge (someone or an event, circumstance, etc) before the facts are known; prejudge

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forejudge ² British  

/ fɔːˈdʒʌdʒ /

verb

1. law a variant spelling of forjudge

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Other Word Forms

• forejudger noun
• forejudgment noun

Etymology

Origin of forejudge

First recorded in 1555–65; fore- + judge

Example Sentences

Guardian, Giver, and Guide; If she may not foreknow, forejudge and foresee, What safety has childhood beside?

From Project Gutenberg

Forejudge, fōr-juj′, v.t. to judge before hearing the facts and proof.—n.

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"We will go to America before you forejudge it altogether," said he.

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No fear but doth forejudge, and many fall Into their fate, whiles they do fear their fate.

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When matters get to such lengths, the natural inference is that both sides have strained the cords beyond their bearing, that a middle course would be found the best until experience shall have decided on the right way; or, which is not to be expected, because it is denied to mortals, until there shall be some infallible rule by which to forejudge events.

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