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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
umpire
n 1: an official at a baseball game [syn: umpire, ump]
2: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the
critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature";
"the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the
disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
[syn: arbiter, arbitrator, umpire]
v 1: be a referee or umpire in a sports competition [syn:
referee, umpire]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Umpiring.]
1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a
dispute.
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Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest
between them, and to decide where the right lies.
--South.
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2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a
game. [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. i.
To act as umpire or arbitrator.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Umpire \Um"pire\, n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F.
impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the
meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even,
equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See
Non-, and Peer, n.]
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1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question
between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see
that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the
like, are strictly observed.
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A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a
skillful umpire between himself and others.
--Barrow.
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2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or
question submitted to arbitrators in case of their
disagreement. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Judge; arbitrator; referee. See Judge.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
UMPIRE. A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they are
authorize to do so by the submission of the parties, and they cannot agree
as to the subject-matter referred to them, whose duty it is to decide the
matter in dispute. Sometimes the term is applied to a single arbitrator,
selected by the parties themselves. Kyd on Awards, 6, 75, 77 Caldw. on Arb.
38; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 3 Vin. Ab. 93; Com. Dig. Arbitrament, F; 4 Dall.
271, 432; 4 Sco. N. S. 378; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
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Thesaurus Results for umpire:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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