Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JUST'I-FY, v.i.

In printing, to agree; to suit; to conform exactly; to form an even surface or true line with something else. Types of different sizes will not justify with each other.

JUST'I-FY, v.t. [Fr. justifier; Sp. justificar; It. giustificare; L. justus, just, and facio, to make.]

1. To prove or show to be just, or conformable to law, right, justice, propriety or duty; to defend or maintain; to vindicate as right. We can not justify disobedience or ingratitude to our Maker. We can not justify insult or incivility to our fellow men. Intemperance, lewdness, profaneness and dueling are in no case to be justified.
2. In theology, to pardon and clear from guilt; to absolve or acquit from guilt and merited punishment, and to accept as righteous on account of the merits of the Savior, or by the application of Christ's atonement to the offender. St. Paul.
3. To cause another to appear comparatively righteous, or less guilty than one's self. Ezek. xvi.
4. To judge rightly of. Wisdom is justified by her children. Matth. xi.
5. To accept as just and treat with favor. James ii.

JUST'I-FY-ING, ppr.

1. Making or proving to be just.
2. adj. That has the quality of absolving from guilt; as, justifying faith. Theology.

JUS'TLE, v.i.

just [See Jostle and Just.] To run against; to encounter; to strike against; to clash. The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nah. ii.

JUS'TLE, v.t.

just To push; to drive; to force by rushing against; commonly followed by off or out; as, to justly a thing off the table, or out of its place.

JUS'TLED, pp.

Pushed; forced, by driving against.

JUST'LY, adv. [from just]

1. In conformity to law, justice or propriety; by right. The offender is justly condemned. The hero is justly rewarded, applauded, or honored.
2. According to truth and facts. His character is justly described.
3. Honestly; fairly; with integrity; as, to do justly. Mic. vi.
4. Properly; accurately; exactly. Their feet assist their hands, and justly beat the ground. Dryden.

JUST'NESS, n.

1. Accuracy; exactness; as, the justness of proportions.
2. Conformity to truth; as, the justness of a description or representation.
3. Justice; reasonableness; equity; as, the justness of a cause or of a demand. [Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.]

JUT, n.

A shooting forward; a protection.

JUT, v.

I. [A different spelling of Jet.] To shoot forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. A point of land juts into the sea.

JUT'TING, ppr.

Shooting out; projecting.

JUT'TING-LY, adv.

Projectingly.

JUT'TY, n.

A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole.

JUT'TY, v.i.

To jut. [Not used.]

JUT-WIN-DOW, n.

A window that projects front the line of a building.

JU-VE-NES'CENCE, a.

A growing youth.

JU-VE-NES'CENT, a.

Becoming young. Lamb.

JU'VE-NILE, a. [L juvenilis, from juvenis, young, San. yuvan.]

1. Young; youthful; as, juvenile years or age.
2. Pertaining or suited to youth; as, juvenile sports.

JU'VE-NILE-NESS, or JU-VE-NIL'I-TY, n.

1. Youthfulness; youthful age. Glanville.
2. Light and careless manner; the manners or customs of youth.

JUX-TA-POS'IT-ED, a. [L. junta, near, and posited.]

Placed near; adjacent or contiguous. Macquer.

JUX-TA-PO-SI'TION, n. [L. juxta, near, and position.]

A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; as the parts of a substance or of a composition. The connection of words is sometimes to be ascertained by juxtaposition.