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confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Rom. ii. 2. I'm sure care 's an enemy of life. Shak.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. Locke.

Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.

side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion. As bowls run true by being made On purpose false, and to be swayed. Hudibras. Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest. Tillotson.

takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. I. Watts.

To confer; to reason; to consult. Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Jer. xii. 1.

atever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

; audacious; reckless; heedless. -- Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly, adv. I spake against temerarious judgment. Latimer.

Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion. Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. Dryden.

ut is followed by a noun. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matt. x. 15. The woman was made whole from that hour. Matt. ix. 22.

ting to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled. [Obs.] A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic In all humanity. Massinger.

The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment. I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. Shak.

That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention. Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought. Pope. Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts which should indeed have died With them they think on Shak. Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me…

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. L. Estrange.

in of, to make giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head. -- To turn the scale or balance, to change the preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful. -- To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken. -- To turn the table…

Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled. The infallible, unappealable Judge [God]. South. We submitted to a galling yet unappealable necessity. Shelley. -- Un`ap*peal"a*bly, adv.

Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment. -- Un*prej"u*diced*ness, n. V. Knox.

ure has been the subject of conflicting conjectures. Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim. Ex. xxviii. 30. And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1 Sam. xxviii. 6.