judge
     n 1: a public official authorized to decide questions bought
          before a court of justice [syn: {justice}, {jurist}, {magistrate}]
     2: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn:
        {evaluator}]
     v 1: determine the result of (a competition)
     2: form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some
        works of modern art"
     3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
        time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
        [syn: {estimate}, {gauge}, {approximate}, {guess}]
     4: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
        [syn: {pronounce}, {label}]
     5: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the
        trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of
        his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in
        separate trials" [syn: {adjudicate}, {try}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0