Judge

Etymology 2

From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre.

Mostly displaced native deem.

Verb

judge (third-person singular simple present judges, present participle judging, simple past and past participle judged)

1. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).

A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

2. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

Justices in this country judge without appeal.

3. (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.

He was judged to die for his crimes.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To award judicially; to adjudge.
6. (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise. quotations ▼

I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on. quotations ▼
8. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.

9. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

I judge it safe to leave the house once again.

10. (transitive, intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer. quotations ▼

I judge from the sky that it might rain later.

11. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward. quotations ▼
12. (transitive, intransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction). quotations ▼

Conjugation

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Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deem

Derived terms

• don't judge a book by its cover
• forejudge
• misjudge
• never judge a book by its cover
• unjudge
• you can't judge a book by its cover