Definition of "judge"

The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.

1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret

Let us be judged for what we attempted rather than what we achieved.

c. 1921, Michael Collins, after the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be,If outward habit Iudge the inward man.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, (please specify the page)

THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.

1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […]

There's something wrong with the world today; the light bulb's getting dim.There's meltdown in the sky.If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin,Mister, you're a better man than I

1993, Aerosmith, Livin' on the Edge

And after him aroſe Iair a Gileadite, and iudged Iſrael twentie and two yeeres.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Judges 10:3

And after him, Elon, a Zebulonite iudged Israel, and he iudged Israel ten yeeres.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Judges 12:11