judged

Verb

judge (third-person singular simple present judges, present participle judging, simple past and past participle judged)

1. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
   • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

   Synonyms:

   rule on, try, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, deem, doom, hear, settle

2. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
   • Justices in this country judge without appeal.

   Synonyms:

   adjudicate, make a decision, choose up, decide, determine, resolve, find, posken, make up one's mind, take a decision

3. (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
   • He was judged to die for his crimes.

   Synonyms:

   deem, sentence, adjudge, convict, condemn, damn, doom

5. (obsolete, transitive) To award judicially; to adjudge.
6. (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
   • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.

   Synonyms:

   evaluate, rate, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, esteem, price, prize, valuate

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