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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

... to his employer? Though wages may be lower on the Continent, is not the Cost of Labor, which is the real element in the competition, very nearly the same? That it is so seems the opinion of competent judges, and is confirmed by the very little difference in the rate of profit between England and the Continental countries. But, if so, the opinion is absurd that English producers can be undersold by their Continental rivals from this cause. It is only in America that the supposition ...

— Principles Of Political Economy • John Stuart Mill

... recognized by the foremost scholars of Great Britain and Germany as containing original contributions toward the solution of the problem of Pentateuchal analysis. The intricate critical questions presented by the Book of Judges have been handled with supreme ability by Professor Moore, of Andover, in his commentary on that book. A desideratum in biblical literature has been well supplied by Professor Bissell, of Hartford, in a work on the Old Testament Apocrypha. ...

— A History of American Christianity • Leonard Woolsey Bacon

... factor in business; even many good merchants are not judges of goods. They are all free to confess this. The best merchant is the best judge of men. These merchants, therefore, must and do depend upon the salesmen from whom they buy their goods. Here, again, is where confidence comes in. This whole thing is confidence, I say. ...

— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson

... This was no doubt a knife of flint or chert, like those of the Neolithic ancestors of the Egyptians, and the continued use of a stone knife for this one purpose only is a very interesting instance of a ceremonial survival. We may compare the wigs of British judges. ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery • L.W. King and H.R. Hall

... of Special Sessions sits in a large hall on the right of the main entrance to the prison. It is strictly a criminal court, and is for the trial of charges which are too serious to be disposed of in the Police Court. Two judges are supposed to sit during the sessions of this court, but Judge Dowling frequently conducts its business alone. The prisoner is allowed to employ counsel and introduce witnesses ...

— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

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