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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.
(especially 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.
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Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English jugen < Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier < Latin jūdicāre to judge, equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex) a judge + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English juge < Old French < Latin jūdicem, accusative of jūdex
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English jugen < Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier < Latin jūdicāre to judge, equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex) a judge + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English juge < Old French < Latin jūdicem, accusative of jūdex
Related forms
judge·a·ble, adjective
judg·er, noun
judge·less, adjective
judge·like, adjective
judge·ship, noun
judg·ing·ly, adverb
re·judge, verb, re·judged, re·judg·ing.
sub·judge, noun
sub·judge·ship, noun
un·der·judge, verb (used with object), un·der·judged, un·der·judg·ing.
un·der·judge, noun
un·judge·a·ble, adjective
un·judged, adjective
un·judge·like, adjective
un·judg·ing, adjective
well-judged, adjective
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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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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bean (biːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | French bean lima bean scarlet runner See string bean any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods |
| 2. | any of several other leguminous plants that bear edible pods or seeds, such as the broad bean and soya bean |
| 3. | any of various other plants whose seeds are produced in pods or podlike fruits |
| 4. | the seed or pod of any of these plants |
| 5. | any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee |
| 6. | slang (US), (Canadian) another word for head |
| 7. | slang not have a bean to be without money: I haven't got a bean |
| 8. | informal full of beans |
| a. full of energy and vitality | |
| b. (US) mistaken; erroneous | |
| 9. | informal spill the beans to disclose something confidential |
| —vb | |
| 10. | slang chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to hit (a person) on the head |
| [Old English bēan; related to Old Norse baun, Old Frisian bāne, Old High German bōna bean] | |
| judge (dʒʌdʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | magistrate justice Compare justice a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon themRelated: judicial |
| 2. | a person who is appointed to determine the result of contests or competitions |
| 3. | a person qualified to comment critically: a good judge of antiques |
| 4. | a leader of the peoples of Israel from Joshua's death to the accession of Saul |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to hear and decide upon (a case at law) |
| 6. | (tr) to pass judgment on; sentence |
| 7. | ( |
| 8. | to determine the result of (a contest or competition) |
| 9. | to appraise (something) critically |
| 10. | (tr; takes a clause as object) to believe (something) to be the case; suspect |
| Related: judicial | |
| [C14: from Old French jugier, from Latin jūdicāre to pass judgment, from jūdex a judge] | |
| 'judgeable | |
| —adj | |
| 'judgeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'judgelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'judger | |
| —n | |
| 'judgingly | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
judge
early 13c., "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 late 13c. The noun is from c.1300. 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.
bean
O.E. bean "bean, pea, legume," from P.Gmc. *bauno (cf. O.N. baun, Ger. bohne), perhaps from a PIE reduplicated base *bha-bha- and related to L. faba "bean." As a metaphor for "something of small value" it is attested from c.1300. Meaning "head" is U.S. baseball slang c.1905 (in bean-ball "a pitch thrown
at the head"); thus slang verb bean meaning "to hit on the head," attested from 1910. Slang bean-counter is first recorded 1975. The notion of lucky or magic beans in English folklore is from the exotic beans or large seeds that wash up occasionally in Cornwall and western Scotland, carried from the Caribbean or South America by the Gulf Stream. They were cherished, believed to ward off the evil eye and aid in childbirth. To not know beans (Amer.Eng. 1933) is perhaps from the "of little worth" sense, but may have a connection to colloquial expression recorded around Somerset, to know how many beans make five "be a clever fellow."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Judge definition
(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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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
judge
In addition to the idiom beginning with judge, also see sober as a judge. Also see judgment.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
If you disagree with the decision of a judge, the proper remedy is to appeal the decision.
Should you win, you will be free, and no appeal will lie from any decision by the judge in your favor.
Held without charges for seven years, he was finally freed when a federal judge reviewed the evidence against him.
The best judge results, in my opinion, are feeling clothes get looser and generally feeling better.
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