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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : juhj
Phonetic Transcription : dʒʌdʒ



Definition of judge

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to form an opinion about; make a decision," also "to try and pronounce sentence upon (someone) in a court," from Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier "to judge, pronounce judgment; pass an opinion on," from Latin iudicare "to judge, to examine officially; form an opinion upon; pronounce judgment," from iudicem (nominative iudex) "a judge," a compound of ius "right, law" (see just (adj.)) + root of dicere "to say" (see diction). Related: Judged; judging. From mid-14c. as "to regard, consider." The Old English word was deman (see doom). Spelling with -dg- emerged mid-15c.
  • noun person who arbitrates
  • verb make decision from evidence; deduce
Example sentences :
  • I threw off all reserve--about half a pound, I should judge.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • In front of Judge Gould's office the combat was at its height.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • It was simply impossible to judge with any accuracy of the distance of the ship.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I should judge from what I saw of the truth of his communications.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • On that foul throng that wrought them wrong—on Jury and on Judge!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I was the only judge, in my own wise opinion, of what was right and fit.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Of the poetry we could not judge, but the music was miserable.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • Judge me, then, my dear, as any indifferent person (knowing what you know of me) would do.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Judge them not by the gross and heavy form in which they now appear.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Though we are not told the age of Lazarus we judge that he was at most no more than in man's maturity.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

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