prejudge

Other forms: prejudged, prejudging

To prejudge is to form an opinion before the facts are in. Prejudge the outcome.

It is always a criticism, and the word is the root of prejudice. To prejudge a case is what every inquiry promises not to do.

Definitions of prejudge

1verbprejudgeTo form an opinion before the facts are in.C1
“He was careful not to prejudge anything until the report arrived.”

prejudge is a judging.

French prejuger comes from Latin praeiudicare, to judge beforehand, from prae plus iudicare.

Borrowed from Middle French préjuger, itself an adaptation of Latin praeiudico. a doublet of prejudicate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Other forms: prejudged, prejudging

To prejudge is to form an opinion before the facts are in. Prejudge the outcome.

It is always a criticism, and the word is the root of prejudice. To prejudge a case is what every inquiry promises not to do.

1verbprejudgeTo form an opinion before the facts are in.C1
“He was careful not to prejudge anything until the report arrived.”

prejudge is a judging.

French prejuger comes from Latin praeiudicare, to judge beforehand, from prae plus iudicare.

Borrowed from Middle French préjuger, itself an adaptation of Latin praeiudico. a doublet of prejudicate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA