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noun

judging n. The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.

Synonyms: judgment, judgement.

verb

Judge v. t.

1.

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. "Chaos (shall) judge the strife."

2.

To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom. "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked." "To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, And to be judged by him."

3.

To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward. "Judge not, that ye be not judged."

4.

To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon. "If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord."

5.

To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. (Obs.) "Make us a king to judge us."

Judge v. i. (past & past part. judged; pres. part. judging)

1.

To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence. "The Lord judge between thee and me." "Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right!"

2.

To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3. "Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all."

3.

To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about. "Judge not according to the appearance." "She is wise if I can judge of her."

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Etymology of 'Judging'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Judging" Quotes from Famous Books

... the circle of which it formed a part, after their surprise at the intellectual flights of which he showed himself capable, fell into a conventional mode of judging and talking of him, and of placing him in absurd and whimsical points of view. His very celebrity operated here to his disadvantage. It brought him into continual comparison with Johnson, who was the oracle of that circle and had given it a tone. ...

— Oliver Goldsmith • Washington Irving

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— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

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— Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun - A Story of the Russo-Japanese War • Harry Collingwood

... service to Danville. During a few days, Danville was the Confederate capital. There, Davis, still unable to conceive defeat, issued his pathetic last Address to the People of the Confederate States. His mind was crystallized. He was no longer capable of judging facts. In as confident tones as ever he promised his people that they should yet prevail; he assured Virginians that even if the Confederate army should withdraw further south the withdrawal would be but temporary, and ...

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