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Definitions for prejudge
priˈdʒʌdʒpre·judge

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prejudgeverb

    judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence

Wiktionary

  1. prejudgeverb

    To judge before considering the evidence

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PREJUDGEverb

    To determine any question beforehand; generally to condemn beforehand.

    Etymology: prejuger, Fr. præ and judico, Lat.

    If he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster, he knew it was condemn’d in parliament, and prejudged in the common opinion of the realm, and that it tended to the disinherison of the line of York. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    The child was strong and able, though born in the eight month, which the physicians do prejudge. Francis Bacon.

    The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of parliament an universal clamour. Jonathan Swift.

    Some action ought to be entered, lest a greater cause should be injured and prejudged thereby. John Ayliffe.

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  1. prejudge

    To make a decision or form an opinion about something or someone before having sufficient knowledge or full understanding. It often involves making assumptions or stereotypes without considering facts or evidence. This can be based on characteristics like race, religion, gender, age, etc., and it can lead to biased or discriminatory behavior or attitudes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prejudgeverb

    to judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand

  2. Etymology: [Pref. pre + judge: cf. F. prjuger. Cf. Prejudicate, Prejudice.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prejudge

    prē-juj′, v.t. to judge or decide upon before hearing the whole case: to condemn unheard.—n. Prejudg′ment.—adj. Prejudical (pre-jōō′di-kal), pertaining to the determination of some undecided matter.—v.t. Prejudicāte (-jōōd′-), to judge beforehand: to prejudge.—v.i. to decide without examination.—n. Prejudicā′tion (-jōōd-).—adj. Prejudicātive (-jōōd′-), forming a judgment or opinion beforehand. [L. præjudicāre, -ātumpræ, before, judicāre, to judge.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prejudge in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prejudge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of prejudge in a Sentence

  1. The President:

    I don't want to prejudge even what we decide in the House. We're going to finish our investigation and the public testimony and then as a deliberative body and in consultation with our constituents and our conscience and make a decision on whether the remedy of impeachment is warranted.

  2. Marine Corps General Jim Jones:

    I think the Trump administration will have to find whatever the right course is, and the right things during their administration, but I wouldn't prejudge what that would be right now, he's not the president of the United States right now, he's the president - elect. He's talking to a lot of people around the world and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

  3. General Electric:

    The statement of objections is a standard part of the Phase II investigation process and does not prejudge the final outcome of the procedure, we continue to work constructively with the (European) Commission, including exploring potential remedies that would address concerns and preserve the deal economics.

  4. Stephen Miller:

    Equity is the sanitized term of choicedeployed by the hard-Left to encompass the entirepanoplyof government policies that institutionalize Critical Race Theory into the machinery of government, equity is CRT put into practice: It demolishes and replaces equality as the foundational principle of American life and wields fearsome federal government power to exclude, punish,prejudge, evaluate, stereotype,segregate, and obsessively categorize American citizens on the basis of skin color.

  5. Elijah Allison:

    To prejudge someone is not in the moral compass of America, even though we may not have the same political affiliations or other beliefs, we should be able to agree to disagree.

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