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accusatorial, analytical, circumspect, discerning, discretionary, discriminatory, inquisitorial, judged, judging, judgmatic, judgmental, judicable

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judge

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juhj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, judged, judg·ing.

–noun

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

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

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

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

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

–verb (used with object)

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.	(of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.

–verb (used without object)

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

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

15.	to make a mental judgment.

[Origin: 1175–1225; (v.) ME jugen < AF juger, OF jugier < L jūdicāre to judge, equiv. to jūdic- (s. of jūdex) a judge + -āre inf. suffix; (n.) ME juge < OF < L jūdicem, acc. of jūdex

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—Related forms

judge·a·ble, adjective

judger, noun

judgeless, adjective

judgelike, adjective

judgeship, noun

judg·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. justice. 2. arbitrator. 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. 3. connoisseur, critic. 10. determine, consider, regard. 13. adjudge, adjudicate.

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–noun

1.	Alan L(aVern), born 1932, U.S. astronaut.

2.	Roy (“Judge”), 1825?–1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself “the law west of the Pecos.”

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judge   (jŭj) Pronunciation Key
v.   judged, judg·ing, judg·es

v.   tr.

To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration: judge heights; judging character.
1. Law To hear and decide on in a court of law; try: judge a case.
2. Obsolete To pass sentence on; condemn.
3. To act as one appointed to decide the winners of: judge an essay contest.
To determine or declare after consideration or deliberation.
Informal To have as an opinion or assumption; suppose: I judge you're right.
Bible To govern; rule. Used of an ancient Israelite leader.

v. intr.

To form an opinion or evaluation.
To act or decide as a judge.

One who judges, especially:
1. One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness: a good judge of used cars; a poor judge of character.
2. Abbr. J. Law A public official who hears and decides cases brought before a court of law.
3. Law A bankruptcy referee.
4. One appointed to decide the winners of a contest or competition.
5. A leader of the Israelites during a period of about 400 years between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul.
6. Judges (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Judg. or Jgs or Jg See Table at Bible.
Bible
1. A leader of the Israelites during a period of about 400 years between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul.
2. Judges (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Judg. or Jgs or Jg See Table at Bible.

[Middle English jugen, from Anglo-Norman juger, from Latin iūdicāre, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote persons who make decisions that determine or settle points at issue. A judge is one capable of making rational, dispassionate, and wise decisions: In this case, the jury members are the judges of the truth.
An arbitrator is either appointed or derives authority from the consent of the disputants: An experienced arbitrator mediated the contract dispute.
An arbiter is one whose opinion or judgment is recognized as being unassailable or binding: The critic considered himself an arbiter of fine literature.
A referee is an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case: The referee handled many bankruptcy cases each month.
An umpire is a person appointed to settle an issue that arbitrators are unable to resolve: The umpire studied complex tax cases.
In sports referee and umpire refer to officials who enforce the rules and settle points at issue.

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judge (v.)

1225, "to form an opinion about," from Anglo-Fr. juger, from O.Fr. jugier "to judge," from L. judicare "to judge," from judicem (nom. judex) "to judge," a compound of jus "right, law" + root of dicere "to say" (see diction). The O.E. word was deman (see doom). Meaning "to try and pronounce sentence upon (someone) in a court" is from c.1290. The noun is from 1303. In Hebrew history, it refers to a war leader vested with temporary power (e.g. Book of Judges), from L. judex being used to translate Heb. shophet.

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judge
noun
1.	a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
2.	an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn: evaluator]
verb
1.	determine the result of (a competition)
2.	form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate]
3.	judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate]
4.	pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" [syn: pronounce]
5.	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"

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Judge

Ab*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [L. abjudicatus, p. p. of abjudicare; ab + judicare. See Judge, and cf. Abjudge.] To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [Obs.] --Ash.

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Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate.]

1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.

3. To sentence; to condemn.

Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. --Milton.

4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. --Knolles.

Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.

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Judge

Ad"vo*cate\, n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr. L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See Advowee, Avowee, Vocal.]

1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

Note: In the English and American Law, advocate is the same as "counsel," "counselor," or "barrister." In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as "counsel" at the common law.

2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

3. Christ, considered as an intercessor.

We have an Advocate with the Father. --1 John ii. 1.

Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh.

Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer.

Judge advocate. See under Judge.

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(Heb. shophet, pl. shophetim), properly a magistrate or ruler, rather than one who judges in the sense of trying a cause. This is the name given to those rulers who presided over the affairs of the Israelites during the interval between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul (Judg. 2:18), a period of general anarchy and confusion. "The office of judges or regents was held during life, but it was not hereditary, neither could they appoint their successors. Their authority was limited by the law alone, and in doubtful cases they were directed to consult the divine King through the priest by Urim and Thummim (Num. 27:21). Their authority extended only over those tribes by whom they had been elected or acknowledged. There was no income attached to their office, and they bore no external marks of dignity. The only cases of direct divine appointment are those of Gideon and Samson, and the latter stood in the peculiar position of having been from before his birth ordained 'to begin to deliver Israel.' Deborah was called to deliver Israel, but was already a judge. Samuel was called by the Lord to be a prophet but not a judge, which ensued from the high gifts the people recognized as dwelling in him; and as to Eli, the office of judge seems to have devolved naturally or rather ex officio upon him." Of five of the judges, Tola (Judg. 10:1), Jair (3), Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (12:8-15), we have no record at all beyond the bare fact that they were judges. Sacred history is not the history of individuals but of the kingdom of God in its onward progress. In Ex. 2:14 Moses is so styled. This fact may indicate that while for revenue purposes the "taskmasters" were over the people, they were yet, just as at a later time when under the Romans, governed by their own rulers.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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