sit+in+judgment

  • 121preside — Synonyms and related words: administer, administer justice, administrate, be master, captain, carry on, chair, chairman, command, conduct, control, direct, discipline, do the honors, entertain, entertain guests, give a party, govern, guest,… …

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  • 122referee — Synonyms and related words: JP, Justice, act between, adjudge, adjudicate, arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, bargain, bencher, critic, go between, hear, his honor, his lordship, his worship, hold court, hold the scales, impartial arbitrator,… …

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  • 123try — Synonyms and related words: acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, bid for, blank determination, bolt, bother, bring to test, brouillon, burden, chance, charge the jury, check,… …

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  • 124umpire — Synonyms and related words: JP, Justice, act between, adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, bargain, bencher, critic, go between, hear, his honor, his lordship, his worship, hold court, hold the scales, impartial… …

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  • 125Augereau, Pierre-François-Charles — (1757 1816)    field marshal    Born in paris, Pierre François Charles Augereau enlisted as a volunteer at age 17, then deserted and served with the Neapolitan and Prussian forces. He returned to France in 1792 to support the Revolution and was… …

    France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

  • 126try — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. essay, endeavor, attempt, undertake; test, examine, assay, experiment; refine, purify, afflict, beset; strain, tax; judge, hear. See lawsuit, exertion, use, undertaking. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …

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  • 127Jurisdiction — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Executive. < N PARAG:Jurisdiction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 jurisdiction jurisdiction judicature administration of justice soc Sgm: N 1 executive executive commission of the peace Sgm: N 1 magistracy magistracy… …

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  • 128try — (v.) c.1300, examine judiciously, sit in judgment of, from Anglo Fr. trier (late 13c.), from O.Fr. trier to pick out, cull (12c.), from Gallo Romance *triare, of unknown origin. The ground sense is separate out (the good) by examination. Meaning… …

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