n.
  - a public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court. ▸a person who decides the results of a competition. ▸a person able or qualified to give an opinion: ![]()  a good judge of character. 
- a leader having temporary authority in ancient Israel in the period between Joshua and the kings.
v.
 form an opinion about. 
▸give a verdict on (a case or person) in a law court.
 ▸decide the results of (a competition).
Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. juge (n.), juger (v.), from L. judex, judic-, from jus ‘law’ + dicere ‘to say’.