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Meaning of JUDGE

Pronunciation:  juj

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [n]  an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
  2. [n]  a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
  3. [v]  form an opinion of or pass judgment on
  4. [v]  determine the result of, as of a competition
  5. [v]  form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, as of quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds"
  6. [v]  pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

JUDGE is a 5 letter word that starts with J.


 Synonyms: adjudicate, approximate, evaluator, gauge, guess, jurist, justice, label, magistrate, pronounce, try
 See Also: accept, acquit, adjudge, adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator, anticipate, appraise, appraiser, approve, ascribe, assess, assign, assoil, attribute, authority, believe, calculate, chief justice, choose, cipher, clear, compute, conceive, consider, convict, count, count on, court-martial, critic, critique, cypher, Daniel, decide, decide, declare, declare, determine, disapprove, discharge, disqualify, doge, enquire, essay, estimate, evaluate, examine, exculpate, exonerate, expect, fail, figure, find, forecast, functionary, give, grade, guesstimate, hold, hold, impute, inquire, intonate, intone, justice of the peace, justiciar, justiciary, lowball, make, make up one's mind, measure, misgauge, nasalise, nasalize, official, order, ordinary, overestimate, overrate, pass, place, praetor, prejudge, pretor, prove, put, qualify, quantise, quantize, range, rank, rate, reappraise, reckon, recorder, referee, reject, repute, resolve, review, rule, Samson, set, settle, stand, stipendiary, stipendiary magistrate, test, think, tout, trial judge, trier, truncate, try, try out, umpire, underestimate, valuate, valuator, value, wonder, work out



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  1. \Judge\, n. [OE. juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F.
    juger, to judge. See {Judge}, v. i.]
       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
       value of anything; one who discerns properties or
       relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an
       expert; a critic.
             poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a
             painting.                             --Dryden.
    3. A person appointed to decide in a?trial of skill, speed,
       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.
       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
       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
       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}.
           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.
  2. \Judge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Judged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Judging}.] [OE. jugen, OF. jugier, F. juger, L. judicare,
    pronounce, akin to dicere to say. See {Just}, a., and
    {Diction}, and cf. {Judicial}.]
       a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
             Father, who art judge Of all things made, and
             judgest only right!                   --Milton.
       judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse
       judgment upon others. See {Judge}, v. t., 3.
    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.
  3. \Judge\, v. t.
       court, or a controversy between two parties. ``Chaos
       [shall] judge the strife.'' --Milton.
             God shall judge the righteous and the wicked.
                                                   --Eccl. iii.
             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.
             If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord.
                                                   --Acts xvi.
Dream Dictionary
 Definition: Seeing a judge in your dream indicates feelings of guilt or fear of being caught. Your dream may be helping and guiding you in making your own judgments. On a more direct note, your dream may indicate that disputes will be resolved through legal proceedings.
Legal Dictionary
 Definition: A presiding officer of the court.
Easton Bible Dictionary



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