< p. 139 > % Section V. RESULTS OF REASONING % #480. Judgment. [Conclusion.] N.

. result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inferenc e, ergotism[Med]; illation; corollary, porism[obs3]; moral. estimation, valuatio n, appreciation, judication[obs3]; dijudication[obs3], adjudication; arbitrament , arbitrement[obs3], arbitration; assessment, ponderation[obs3]; valorization. a ward, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report. decision, determina tion, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree; findings of fact; findings o f law; res judicata[Lat]. plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote &c. (choice) 609 ; opinion &c. (belief) 484; good judgment &c. (wisdom) 498. judge, umpire; arbit er, arbitrator; asessor, referee. censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; comment ator &c. 524; inspector, inspecting officer. twenty-twenty hindsight[judgment af ter the fact]; armchair general, monday morning quarterback. V. judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, det ermine, make up one's mind. deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet|, ween[obs3]. form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, val ue, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon &c . (believe) 484; review; size up *. settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; de cide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm &c. (assent) 488. comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review &c. (examine) 457; investigat e &c. (inquire) 461. hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a caus e. Adj. judging &c. v.; judicious &c. (wise) 498; determinate, conclusive. Adv. on the whole, all things considered. Phr. "a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]; "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd" [Byron]; "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct" [Disraeli]; la critique est aisee et l'art e st difficile[Fr]; "nothing if not critical" [Othello]; "O most lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]. #480a. [Result of search or inquiry.] Discovery. N. discovery, detection, disenc hantment; ascertainment[obs3], disclosure, find, revelation. trover &c.(recovery ) 775[Law]. V. discover, find, determine, evolve, learn &c. 539; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, roo t out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter. solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, u nlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, f ind the key to the riddle; interpret &c. 522; disclose &c. 529. trace, get at; h it it, have it; lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth &c. 494; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right na il on the head. be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, snif f, catch a whiff of, smell a rat. open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, s ee in its true colors, see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping. pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across, com e onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with. recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify. Int. eureka! aha[obs3]! I've got it! #481. Misjudgment. N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscom putation, misconception &c. (error) 495; hasty conclusion. [causes of misjudgmen t. 1] prejudgment, prejudication[obs3], prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotio n[obs3], prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension [obs3], presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id e fixe; mentis gratissimus error[Lat]; fool's paradise. [causes of misjudgment.2 ] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige. [causes o f misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, parti ality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye. [causes of misjudgment. 4] onesided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superf icial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, super

ficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, co nfined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum[Lat]; pedantry; hypercriticism. doctrinaire &c. (positive) 474. [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation &c. 482; underesti mation &c. 483. [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance &c. 491. erroneous assumpti ons, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495. V. misjudge, misestimate, misthink[obs3], misconjecture[obs3], misconceive &c. (er ror) 495; fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute. overest imate &c. 482; underestimate &c. 483. prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate[obs3]; dogmatize; have a bias &c. n.; have only one idea; jurare in verba magistri[Lat], run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a c onclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conc lusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced eye, view thro ugh distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare pondus fumo[Lat]; get the wrong sow by the ear &c. (blunder) 699. give a bias, give a twist; bias, wa rp, twist; prejudice, prepossess. Adj. misjudging &c. v.; ill-judging, wrong-hea ded; prejudiced &c. v.; jaundiced; shortsighted, purblind; partial, one-sided, s uperficial. narrow-minded, narrow-souled[obs3]; mean-spirited; confined, illiber al, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete[Fr], positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative[obs3]; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, op inionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opinitre; bigoted &c. (obstinat e) 606; crotchety, fussy, impracticable; unreasonable, stupid &c. 499; credulous &c 486; warped. misjudged &c. v. Adv. ex parte[Lat]. Phr. nothing like leather; the wish the father to the thought; wishful thinking; unshakable conviction; "m y mind is made up - don't bother me with the facts". < p. 140 > #482. Overestimation. N. overestimation &c. v.; exaggeration &c. 549; vanity &c. 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about n othing; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking. V. overestimate, o verrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon[obs3], overstrain, overprai se; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate &c. 549; set too hig h a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of ; outreckon[obs3]; panegyrize[obs3]. extol, extol to the skies; make the most of , make the best of, make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry. have too high an opinion of oneself &c. (vanity) 880. Adj. overestimated &c. v.; oversensitiv e &c. (sensibility) 822. Phr. all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes[Lat]. #483. Underestimation. N. underestimation; depreciation &c. (detraction) 934; pe ssimism, pessimist; undervaluing &c. v.; modesty &c. 881. V. underrate, underest imate, undervalue, underreckon[obs3]; depreciate; disparage &c. (detract) 934; n ot do justice to; misprize, disprize; ridicule &c. 856; slight &c. (despise) 930 ; neglect &c. 460; slur over. make light of, make little of, make nothing of, ma ke no account of; belittle; minimize, think nothing of; set no store by, set at naught; shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane. Adj. depreciating, depreciat ed &c. v.; unvalued, unprized[obs3]. #484. Belief. N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confi dence, presumption, sanguine expectation &c. (hope) 858; dependence on, reliance on. persuasion, conviction, convincement[obs3], plerophory[obs3], self- convict ion; certainty &c. 474; opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression &c . (idea) 453; surmise &c. 514; conclusion &c. (judgment) 480. tenet, dogma, prin ciple, way of thinking; popular belief &c. (assent) 488. firm belief, implicit b elief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispass ionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opi nion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshak

en opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion &c.; uberrima fid es[Lat][obs3]. system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article o f faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda[obs3], cree d; thirty-nine articles &c. (orthodoxy) 983a; catechism; assent &c. 488; propaga nda &c. (teaching) 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; g ive faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive; set do wn for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume. count upon, depen d upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon , rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of. make oneself easy a bout, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted, take for g ospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to. know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured &c. adj.; persuade oneself, as sure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind. give one credit for; confide in, believe in, put one's trust in; place in, repose in, implicit confidence in; take one's word for, at one's word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, reg ard to. think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow[obs3], ween[obs3], fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belie f, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, haza rd, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion , possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion &c. n. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, co nceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise &c. 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow &c. (credulity) 486. cause to be believed &c. v.; satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict|!, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate &c. (teach) 537; cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to. go down, find credence, pass current; be received &c. v., be current & c. adj.; possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind. Adj. believing &c. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitati ng, convinced, secure. under the impression; impressed with, imbued with, penetr ated with. confiding, suspectless[obs3]; unsuspecting, unsuspicious; void of sus picion; credulous &c. 486; wedded to. believed &c. v.; accredited, putative; uns uspected. worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief; credible, reliable, trustw orthy, to be depended on; satisfactory; probably &c. 472; fiducial[obs3], fiduci ary; persuasive, impressive. relating to belief, doctrinal. Adv. in the opinion of, in the eyes of; me judice[Lat]; meseems[obs3], methinks; to the best of one' s belief; I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure; sure enough &c. ( certainty) 474; depend upon, rely upon it; be assured, rest assured; I'll warran t you &c. (affirmation) 535. Phr. experto crede [Lat][Vergil]; fata viam invenie nt [Lat]; Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides[Lat]; "live to explain thy doctrine b y thy life" [Prior]; "stands not within the prospect of belief" [Macbeth]; tarde quae credita laedunt credimus [Lat][Ovid]; vide et crede [Lat]. < p. 141 > #485. Unbelief. Doubt. N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit, miscreance[o bs3]; infidelity &c. (irreligion) 989[obs3]; dissent &c. 489; change of opinion &c. 484; retraction &c. 607. doubt &c. (uncertainty) 475; skepticism, scepticism , misgiving, demure; distrust, mistrust, cynicism; misdoubt[obs3], suspicion, je alousy, scruple, qualm; onus probandi[Lat]. incredibility, incredibleness; incre dulity. [person who doubts] doubter, skeptic, cynic.; unbeliever &c. 487. V. dis believe, discredit; not believe &c. 484; misbelieve[obs3]; refuse to admit &c. ( dissent) 489; refuse to believe &c. (incredulity) 487. doubt; be doubtful &c. (u ncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to &c. adj.; diffide|; distru st, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, en tertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts. demure, stick at, pause, hesitate , scruple; stop to consider, waver. hang in suspense, hang in doubt. throw doubt

upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, disput e; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a d oubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize[obs3]. startle, stagger; shake one 's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief. Adj. un believing; skeptical, sceptical. [transitive] incredulous as to, skeptical as to ; distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of; doubting &c. v. doubtful &c. (unc ertain) 475; disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of belief &c. 484; questionabl e; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to be lieve, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible & c. 471. fallible &c. (uncertain) 475; undemonstrable; controvertible &c. (untrue ) 495. Adv. cum grano salis[Latin: with a grain of salt]; with grains of allowan ce. Phr. fronti nulla fides[Lat]; nimium ne crede colori [Lat][Vergil]; "timeo D anaos et dona ferentes" [Latin: I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts][Vergi l], beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus Apella [Lat][Horace]; let tho se believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio [Lat][Syrus]. #486. Credulity. N. credulity, credulousness &c. adj.; cullibility|, gullibility ; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self deception; superstition; one 's blind side; bigotry &c. (obstinacy) 606; hyperorthodoxy &c. 984[obs3]; misjud gment &c. 481. credulous person &c (dupe) 547. V. be credulous &c. adj.; jurare in verba magistri[Lat]; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; ta ke for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green chee se; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws. impose upon &c. (deceive) 545. Adj. credulous, gullible; easily dece ived &c. 545; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; ov er-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confidin g &c. (believing) 484. Phr. the wish the father to the thought; credo quia impos sibile [Lat][Tertullian]; all is not gold that glitters; no es oro todo lo que r eluce[Sp]; omne ignotum pro magnifico[Lat].