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Judges

noun

1.

A book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges. Synonym: Book of Judges.

Judge

noun

1.

A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. Synonyms: jurist, justice.

2.

An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality. Synonym: evaluator.

verb

(past & past part. judged; pres. part. judging)

1.

Determine the result of (a competition).

2.

Form a critical opinion of. Synonyms: evaluate, pass judgment. "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" , "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

3.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). Synonyms: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess.

4.

Pronounce judgment on. Synonyms: label, pronounce.

5.

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. Synonyms: adjudicate, try. "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

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"Judges" Quotes from Famous Books

... as to express what has been seen in heaven, it is doubtful if we could understand it if it should be revealed by a spirit from heaven. The Bible has probably given us as definite information about heaven as we could possibly understand—certainly as much as God judges best for our usefulness and happiness. But we must probably learn an unearthly language, and, in order to this, unearthly ideas, before we can understand the things which are within the veil. The modes of communication in heaven between people of strange languages, whether ...

— Catharine • Nehemiah Adams

... was something in the girl's presence as she stood before them, some potent spell in her fresh girlish beauty, and in the dauntless spirit which shone in her eyes, that checked the words of stern reproof as they sprang to the lips of her judges. ...

— Tillie: A Mennonite Maid - A Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch • Helen Reimensnyder Martin

... The well-known Ordinance of 1787, which replaced that of 1784, substituted for the temporary government to be erected by the settlers a ready-made administration of governor, secretary, and territorial judges, to be sent out by the National Government, and to continue until the free male population should number five thousand, when they were to be allowed to exercise home rule in setting up a territorial government. The standard ...

— The United States of America Part I • Ediwn Erle Sparks

... ironical tone in his voice. They were good enough judges of character to surmise that Lieutenant Diego Bernal, whose name and career were unknown to them, did not care a particle how they had come into possession of the boat which was so obviously of Spanish build. There was no advantage to him in asking too many questions, ...

— The Free Rangers - A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi • Joseph A. Altsheler

... Shall the Senators' wives call first upon the wives of the justices of the Supreme Court? There is a doubt: the Supreme Court is the last resort of the law of the land, a reverend and hoary institution, and its judges, having a life-lease, will be judges still when the Senators shall have passed away; but no, again—the Senators make the justices. The Representatives shall make the first call on the Senators' wives of course; but how about the Speaker's wife? She is the third in succession ...

— Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873. • Various

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