judge

Forms

1.A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
2.A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
3.A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
- At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
4.A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
- They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
- She is a good judge of wine.

1.To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
- A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
2.To judicially rule or determine.
3.To form an opinion on; to appraise.
- I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
- Let us be judged for what we attempted rather than what we achieved.
4.To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- Justices in this country judge without appeal.

Common· #1187

From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex.

Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.