PREJUDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prejudge mean? 

• PREJUDGE (verb)
  The verb PREJUDGE has 1 sense:

1. judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence

  Familiarity information: PREJUDGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREJUDGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they prejudge    ... he / she / it prejudges   
Past simple: prejudged   
Past participle: prejudged   
-ing form: prejudging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "prejudge" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

prejudgement (a judgment reached before the evidence is available)

 Context examples 

It is now but very, very slight; but it is to be seen if we have eyes to notice without to prejudge.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)