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judge | foredeem |

As a proper noun judge

is .

As a verb foredeem is

(obsolete) to judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.

judge

English

Alternative forms

* judg (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • 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 said; and to give the rule or sentence.
  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  • A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
  • At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
  • A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
  • He is a good judge of wine.
  • * Dryden
  • A man who is no judge' of law may be a good ' judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.

    Synonyms

    * (one who judges or dispenses judgement) deemer, deemster * (official of the court) justice, sheriff

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Verb

    (judg)
  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
  • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
  • Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  • To form an opinion on.
  • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  • We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
  • I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  • To form an opinion; to infer.
  • I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
  • THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.
  • (intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

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    foredeem

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
  • Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.'' ? ''Genevan Testament .
  • To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
  • Of a frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best then to foredeme the worste. ? J. Udall.
    Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you / An idle meteor. ? Webster.
  • *1918 , John Duncan Quackenbos, Magnhild: a tale of psychic love :
  • The doctor was as curious to learn how his suggestions would affect the conduct of Mrs. Radford when she should report to Blackwood, and he rightly foredeemed an early conference at the Lexington Avenue residence.