judge

v. preside over a court trial and make decisions; rule, determine; criticize; assess; act as a judge

n. one who presides over court trials; one who chooses the winner in a contest, arbiter; expert, critic

A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.
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Noun
1. a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
(synonym) justice, jurist, magistrate
(hypernym) official, functionary
(hyponym) chief justice
(derivation) adjudicate, try
2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
(synonym) evaluator
(hypernym) authority
(hyponym) appraiser, valuator
(derivation) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess
Verb
1. determine the result of (a competition)
(hypernym) decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
(hyponym) referee, umpire
(derivation) evaluator
2. form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
(derivation) evaluator
3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
(synonym) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess
(hypernym) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
(hyponym) quantize, quantise
(derivation) evaluator
4. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
(synonym) pronounce, label
(hypernym) declare, adjudge, hold
(hyponym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
(derivation) judgment, judgement, assessment
5. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
(synonym) adjudicate, try
(hypernym) decide, make up one's mind, determine
(hyponym) court-martial
(derivation) justice, jurist, magistrate

(v. t.)
To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
  

(v. t.)
To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
  

(v. t.)
To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
  

(v. t.)
To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
  

(v. i.)
The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
  

(v. i.)
One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
  

(v. i.)
One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
  

(v. i.)
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
  

(v. i.)
A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
  

(a.)
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
  

(a.)
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.
  

An officer appointed to administer the law and who has authority to hear and try cases in a Court of law