Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JUDGE, v.t.

1. To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide. Chaos shall judge the strife. – Milton.
2. To try; to examine and pass sentence on. Take ye him and judge him according to your law. – John xviii. God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. – Eccles. iii.
3. Rightly to understand and discern. He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. – 1 Cor. ii.
4. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence. Judge not, that ye be not judged. – Matth. vii.
5. To esteem; to think; to reckon. If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord. – Acts xvi.
6. To rule or govern. The Lord shall judge his people. – Heb. x.
7. To doom to punishment; to punish. I will judge thee according to thy ways. – Ezek. vii.