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n.
1) a fair, impartial; harsh, severe; lenient ~
2) a hanging ('severe') ~
3) an administrative; circuit; district; itinerant; trial ~
4) (sports) a field ~
5) ( mil .) a ~ advocate; a ~ advocate general
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v.
1) to ~ fairly, impartially; harshly, severely, sternly; leniently
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ by, from (to ~ by appearances; to ~ from the facts)
3) ( colloq. ) ( L ) we ~ that she is the best candidate
4) ( M ) I ~ her to be about twenty years old
5) ( Q ) we cannot ~ whether she is guilty