Ju"da*ist, n. One who believes and practices Judaism.
Ju`da*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Judaism.
Ju`da*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the
Jewish religion or ritual. [R.]
Ju"da*ize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Judaized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Judaizing (?).] [Cf. F. judaïser.] To conform to the doctrines,
observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.
They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far as to
observe the rites of Moses in various instances. They were
Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law.
Bp. Bull.
Ju"da*ize, v. t. To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert
to Judaism.
The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.
Milton.
Ju"da*i`zer (?), n. One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism;
specifically, pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but
still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at
Jerusalem.
Ju"das (?), n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous
person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a.
Treacherous; betraying.
Judas hole, a peephole or secret opening for spying. -- Judas kiss, a
deceitful and treacherous kiss. -- Judas tree (Bot.), a leguminous tree
of the genus Cercis, with pretty, rose- colored flowers in clusters
along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of
this genus (C. Siliquastrum). C. Canadensis and C. occidentalis are the
American species, and are called also redbud.
Ju"das-col`ored (?), a. Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot
had red hair and beard.
There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard.
Dryden.
Jud"dock (jd"dk), n. [For judcock; jud (equiv. to Prov. E. gid a
jacksnipe, W. giach snipe) + cock.] (Zoöl.) See Jacksnipe.
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Ju*de"an (j*d"an), a. [L. Judaeus. See Jew.] Of or pertaining to Judea.
-- n. A native of Judea; a Jew.
Judge (jj), n. [OE. juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F. juger, to
judge. See Judge, v. i.]
1. (Law) 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.
The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence;
to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to
recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which
hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
Bacon.
2. 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.
A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or
eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
Dryden.
3. 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.
4. (Jewish Hist.) One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and
military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
5. pl. The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of
Judges.
Judge Advocate (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor
at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as
the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as
counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. --
Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two
officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of
brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having
the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is
chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs
a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of
the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secretary of state for
war, and supreme judge of the proceedings of courts-martial.
Syn. -- Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator, Referee. A judge, in the legal
sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An
umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend
for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants
their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common
sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final
adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary,
sometimes appointed by a court.
Judge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Judged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Judging.] [OE.
jugen, OF. jugier, F. juger, L. judicare, fr. judex judge; jus law or
right + dicare to proclaim, pronounce, akin to dicere to say. See Just,
a., and Diction, and cf. Judicial.]
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.
Gen. xvi. 5.
Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right!
Milton.
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.
Shak.
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.
John vii. 24.
She is wise if I can judge of her.
Shak.
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." Milton.