prejudge

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pre=judge

CIDE DICTIONARY

prejudge, v. t. [Pref. pre + judge: cf. F. préjuger. Cf. Prejudicate, Prejudice.].

 To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.  [1913 Webster]
"The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament“ a universal clamor.”"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prejudge, v.tr.
1 form a premature judgement on (a person, issue, etc.).
2 pass judgement on (a person) before a trial or proper enquiry.

Derivative

prejudgement n. prejudication n.

ROGET THESAURUS

prejudge

Misjudgment

VB misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive, fly in the face of facts, miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute, overestimate, underestimate, prejudge, forejudge, presuppose, presume, prejudicate, dogmatize, have a bias, have only one idea, jurare in verba magistri, run away with the notion, jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions, look only at one side of the shield, view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles, not see beyond one's nose, dare pondus fumo, get the wrong sow by the ear, give a bias, give a twist, bias, warp, twist, prejudice, prepossess.