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judge
[
juhj] 
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
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
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.
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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[been] –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) v. judged, judg·ing, judg·es v. tr.
[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. |
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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. --Bacon. 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. --Dryden. 3. 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. 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. Usage: 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. --Gen. xvi. 5. Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right! --Milton. 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. --Shak. 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. --John vii. 24. She is wise if I can judge of her. --Shak.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. --Eccl. iii. 7. To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, And to be judged by him. --Shak. 3. To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward. Judge not, that ye be not judged. --Matt. vii. 1. 4. To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon. If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord. --Acts xvi. 15. 5. To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. [Obs.] Make us a king to judge us. --1 Sam. viii. 5.
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Language Translation for : judge
Spanish:
juzgar,
German:
Recht sprechen,
Japanese:
裁判する
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1judge
Pronunciation: 'j&j
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: judged; judg·ing
Etymology: Old French jugier, from Latin judicare, from judic- judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to decide, say
transitive verb 1 : to hear and decide (as a litigated question) in a court of justice <judge a case>
2 : to pronounce after inquiry and deliberation
Main Entry: 2judge
Function: noun
: a public official vested with the authority to hear, determine, and preside over legal matters brought in court; also : one (as a justice of the peace) who performs one or more functions of such an official
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Judge
(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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judge
In addition to the idiom beginning with judge, also see sober as a judge. Also see judgment.
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