judge

[Judge]

To judge is to form your own opinion. The critics didn't think much of the movie, but you decided to judge for yourself. Now you can't get your money back.

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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.

Noun
an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Noun
a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

Verb
form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

Verb
determine the result of (a competition)

Verb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

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Verb
pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

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"

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.

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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.

Judge

Judge , n. [OE. juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F. juger, to judge. See Judge, v. i.] 1. (Law) 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.
The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
2. 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.
A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
3. A person appointed to decide in atrial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race. 4. (Jewish Hist.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years. 5. pl. The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges. Judge Advocate (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. -- Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secretary of state for war, and supreme judge of the proceedings of courts-martial. Syn. -- Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator, Referee. A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.

Judge

Judge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Judged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Judging.] [OE. jugen, OF. jugier, F. juger, L. judicare, fr. judex judge; jus law or right + dicare to proclaim, pronounce, akin to dicere to say. See Just, a., and Diction, and cf. Judicial.] 1. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
The Lord judge between thee and me.
Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right!
2. 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.
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
3. 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.
Judge not according to the appearance.
She is wise if I can judge of her.

Judge

Judge, v. t. 1. To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. "Chaos [shall] judge the strife." Milton. 2. To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked.
To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, And to be judged by him.
3. To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
4. To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord.
5. To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. [Obs.]
Make us a king to judge us.

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.

To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

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Usage Examples

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.

As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.

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Other Usage Examples

How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.

Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.