Judge

juj, v.i. to point out or declare what is just or law: to hear and decide: to pa sentence: to compare facts to determine the truth: to form or pa an opinion: to distinguish.— v.t. to hear and determine authoritatively: to sentence: to decide the merits of: to be censorious towards: to consider: ( B. ) to condemn.— n. one who judges: a civil officer who hears and settles any cause: an arbitrator: one who can decide upon the merit of anything: in Jewish history, a supreme magistrate having civil and military powers: ( pl. ) title of 7th book of the Old Testament.— ns. Judge′ship , the office of a judge; Judg′ment , act of judging: the comparing of ideas to elicit truth: faculty by which this is done, the reason: opinion formed: taste: sentence: condemnation: doom; Judg′ment-day , the day on which God will pronounce final judgment on mankind; Judg′ment-debt , a debt evidenced by legal record; Judg′ment-hall , a hall where a court of justice meets; Judg′ment-seat , seat or bench in a court from which judgment is pronounced. [Fr. juger —L. judicāre — jus , law, dicĕre , to declare.]