judge

[ juhj ]

/ dʒʌdʒ /

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noun

a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.

a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue; authorized arbiter: the judges of a beauty contest.

a person qualified to pass a critical judgment: a good judge of horses.

an administrative head of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul.

(especially in rural areas) a county official with supervisory duties, often employed part-time or on an honorary basis.

verb (used with object), judged, judg·ing.

to pass legal judgment on; pass sentence on (a person): The court judged him guilty.

to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; adjudicate; try: The Supreme Court is judging that case.

to form a judgment or opinion of; decide upon critically: You can't judge a book by its cover.

to decide or settle authoritatively; adjudge: The censor judged the book obscene and forbade its sale.

to infer, think, or hold as an opinion; conclude about or assess: He judged her to be correct.

to make a careful guess about; estimate: We judged the distance to be about four miles.

(of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.

verb (used without object), judged, judg·ing.

to act as a judge; pass judgment: No one would judge between us.

to form an opinion or estimate: I have heard the evidence and will judge accordingly.

to make a mental judgment.

OTHER WORDS FOR judge

1 justice.

2 arbitrator.

3 connoisseur, critic.

10 conceive, consider, regard.

13 adjudge, adjudicate.

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Origin of judge

First recorded in 1175–1225; (verb) Middle English jugen, from Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier, from Latin jūdicāre “to judge,” equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex ) “a judge” + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English juge, from Old French, from Latin jūdicem, accusative of jūdex

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2. Judge, referee, umpire refer to one who is entrusted with decisions affecting others. Judge, in its legal and other uses, implies particularly that one has qualifications and authority for giving decisions in matters at issue: a judge appointed to the Supreme Court; a judge in the pie competition. A referee usually examines and reports on the merits of a case as an aid to a court. An umpire gives the final ruling when arbitrators of a case disagree.

OTHER WORDS FROM judge

judge·a·ble, adjectivejudg·er, nounjudge·less, adjectivejudge·like, adjective

judge·ship, nounre·judge, verb, re·judged, re·judg·ing.sub·judge, nounsub·judge·ship, nounun·der·judge, verb (used with object), un·der·judged, un·der·judg·ing.un·der·judge, nounun·judge·a·ble, adjectiveun·judged, adjectiveun·judge·like, adjectivewell-judged, adjective

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How to use judge in a sentence

It is the veil of our fleshly fallen nature living on, unjudged within us, uncrucified and unrepudiated.
The Pursuit of God|A. W. Tozer
Of course the police have been set upon me—the accused and still unjudged perpetrator of the crime in Tinplate Street—by her.
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood|Arthur Griffiths
The great doctrine of forgiveness does not mean that He suffers our sin to remain upon us unjudged, ay!
Expositions of Holy Scripture|Alexander Maclaren
God was gracious and forgave sin, though He could not suffer it to pass unjudged.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of Numbers|Robert A. Watson

The same remark, of course, applies if the case be that of corrupt conduct unjudged by the assembly.
The Assembly of God|C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh

British Dictionary definitions for judge

judge

/ (dʒʌdʒ) /

noun

a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon themCompare magistrate (def. 1), justice (def. 5), justice (def. 6) Related adjective: judicial

a person who is appointed to determine the result of contests or competitions

a person qualified to comment criticallya good judge of antiques

a leader of the peoples of Israel from Joshua's death to the accession of Saul

verb

to hear and decide upon (a case at law)

(tr) to pass judgment on; sentence

(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to decide or deem (something) after inquiry or deliberation

to determine the result of (a contest or competition)

to appraise (something) critically

(tr; takes a clause as object) to believe (something) to be the case; suspect

Derived forms of judge

judgeable, adjectivejudgeless, adjectivejudgelike, adjectivejudger, noun

judgingly, adverb

Word Origin for judge

C14: from Old French jugier, from Latin jūdicāre to pass judgment, from jūdex a judge

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In addition to the idiom beginning with judge

judge a book by its cover, one can't

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sober as a judge

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