To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
1. Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
2. Bring to an end; settle conclusively

To form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time; SYN. gauge, approximate, guess, judge.

ETYM sOld Eng. juge, Old Fren. and French juge, from Old Fren. jugier, French juger, to judge.
1. To determine the result of, as of a competition.
2. To form an opinion of or pass judgment on.
3. To put on trial or sit as the judge at the trial of; SYN. adjudicate, try.